Michael Beckley is Associate Professor of political science at Tufts University and Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. His research on China’s rise has received “best article of the year awards” from the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association and been featured by numerous media including the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, NPR, and the Washington Post. Previously, Michael worked for Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the U.S. Department of Defense, the RAND Corporation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He regularly advises offices within the U.S. Intelligence Community and U.S. Department of Defense, Including the National Intelligence Council, the Defense Science Board, and the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. Michael holds a PhD in political science from Columbia University. His first book, Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World’s Sole Superpower, was recently published by Cornell University Press.