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The authors of this report are convinced that by 2030 China will 1) routinely deploy its blue-water navy into the Indian and Pacific Oceans; 2) rely upon its naval power to protect the maritime trade routes and political stability of the Indian Ocean area, which are already critical to Chinese prosperity; 3) intensify the abandonment fears of America’s allies, particularly because of Beijing’s lethal anti-access/area-denial capabilities; and 4) link the quest for naval and cyber power together. In response to these inevitabilities, our authors close by listing 7 recommendations that should enable Washington to both cooperate and compete with its Asian rival in the future.