| China's century? Why America's edge will endure M Beckley International security 36 (3), 41-78, 2011 | 528 | 2011 |
| The power of nations: Measuring what matters M Beckley International security 43 (2), 7-44, 2018 | 311 | 2018 |
| Unrivaled: Why America will remain the world's sole superpower MC Beckley Cornell University Press, 2018 | 223 | 2018 |
| The myth of entangling alliances: Reassessing the security risks of US defense pacts M Beckley International Security 39 (4), 7-48, 2015 | 206 | 2015 |
| The emerging military balance in east asia: How china's neighbors can check chinese naval expansion M Beckley International Security 42 (2), 78-119, 2017 | 175 | 2017 |
| Economic development and military effectiveness M Beckley The Journal of Strategic Studies 33 (1), 43-79, 2010 | 174 | 2010 |
| China's Strategy Toward South and Central Asia: An Empty Fortress A Scobell, E Ratner, M Beckley RAND corporation, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China M Beckley, H Brands WW Norton & Company, 2022 | 60 | 2022 |
| America's role in the making of Japan's economic miracle M Beckley, Y Horiuchi, JM Miller Journal of East Asian Studies 18 (1), 1-21, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Debating China's rise and US decline JRI Shifrinson, M Beckley International Security 37 (3), 172-181, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| China is a Declining Power—and That’s the Problem H Brands, M Beckley Foreign Policy 24 (09), 2021 | 44 | 2021 |
| China and Pakistan: Fair-weather friends M Beckley Yale J. Int'l Aff. 7, 9, 2012 | 40 | 2012 |
| Rogue superpower M Beckley Foreign Affairs 99 (6), 73-87, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Enemies of my enemy: How fear of China is forging a new world order M Beckley Foreign Aff. 101, 68, 2022 | 24 | 2022 |
| The return of pax Americana M Beckley, H Brands Foreign Affairs, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| The end of China’s rise: Beijing is running out of time to remake the world M Beckley, H Brands Foreign Affairs 1, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| China’s Strategy Toward South and Central Asia A Scobell, E Ratner, M Beckley An Empty Fortress, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
| Conditional convergence and the rise of China: A political economy approach to understanding global power transitions M Beckley Journal of Global Security Studies 6 (1), ogaa010, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| China's Economy Is Not Overtaking America's M Beckley Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 32 (2), 10-23, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| Debating China's Rise and US Decline JR Itzkowitz Shifrinson, M Beckley International Security 37 (3), 172-181, 2012 | 11 | 2012 |
