Ambassador Michael McFaul’s new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder, challenges the conventional wisdom that the United States has entered a “Cold War 2.0” with China and its autocratic partner, Russia. Instead, it argues that the path forward is not to force today’s conflict into a decades-old paradigm, but to draw lessons from the Cold War so that democracy can again emerge victorious. Drawing on his experience as a social scientist, historian, and former policymaker, and U.S. Ambassador to Russia, McFaul presents a fresh analysis of the unique military, economic, and ideological challenges posed by contemporary great-power competition and goes on to offer a grand strategy for American success.