CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction: Freedom, Power, and the Rise of China Globalization and Power Politics: A Synthesis One World-Two Explanations Information Technology Linking Power and Freedom A Lasting Community of Great Powers Improving Global Security Knowledge and Freedom Information Technology and Economic Freedom Information Technology and Political Freedom Economic Freedom and Political Freedom Openness, Investment, and Success Knowledge and National Power Information Technology and Military Capabilities Freedom as Vulnerability New Power Powers as Partners Power, Convergence, and Common Success Integrating Rising Powers The Future of the Core Coda on U.S. Policy About the Author