Michael Beckley (political scientist)

Michael Beckley is an American political scientist currently serving as Director of the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, associate professor of political science at Tufts University, and a non-resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His research focuses on great-power competition, US-China relations, alliance building, and US defense policy in East Asia.

Education
Beckley holds a BA in international studies from Emory University and a PhD in political science from Columbia University.

Books

 * Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World’s Sole Superpower (2018)


 * Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China (2023) (co-authored with Hal Brands)

Articles

 * How Primed for War Is China? Foreign Policy, February 4, 2024 (co-authored with Hal Brands)
 * Delusions of Détente, Foreign Affairs (August 2023)
 * No One Should Want to See a Dictator Get Old, New York Times (August 2023)