King of the Chessboard? Xi Jinping and the Future of China’s Grand Strategy

This week, Mike is joined by Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow at
Stanford University's Hoover Institution and senior fellow for
China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, to explore the
evolution of Xi Jinping’s leadership and China’s current foreign
policy strategy. Liz argues that there is continuity between Xi’s
strategy and that of his predecessors, but Xi’s vision of reforming
the global governance system and his increased risk tolerance are
new phenomena. As Liz and Mike unravel China’s foreign policy and
its relationship with Russia, they ask if the United States could
have predicted the rise of Xi Jinping and if the United States
should change course in its strategy towards China.