Danger Zone Quotes

“Prioritize ruthlessly; thwart near-term breakthroughs that can have devastating long-term effects. Be strategically deliberate and tactically agile; don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good. Firm up the defense by playing some offense; take prudent risks but not unduly provocative ones.”
― Michael Beckley, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

“History does not repeat itself, Mark Twain observed, but it does rhyme:”
― Michael Beckley, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

“But prospects for peaceful reunification are fading fast: It turns out most Taiwanese don’t want to live in a belligerent, neo-totalitarian state.”
― Michael Beckley, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

“America and its allies should try to buy New Delhi’s cooperation by incentivizing companies to move telecommunications production from China to India.”
― Michael Beckley, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

“It is the resulting fear of decline—not the optimism created by perpetual ascent—that frequently incites risky, belligerent behavior.”
― Michael Beckley, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China