Beeson’s research provides some hope and fear for the future of the CCP. Beeson begins by crediting East Asia’s rapid economic growth and successes on the presence of powerful, and authoritarian states practicing state-run capitalism. In addition to this, there currently is a “democratic recession” in which the liberal capitalist states are losing ground to the illiberal state-run capitalist states and that it is no longer inevitable that the west, in terms of western political and economic models, will beat the east. This clearly bodes well for the CCP as, if Beeson proves right, the success of the authoritarian state-run capitalist model will forever legitimize the CCP’s rule and would greatly increase their political capital, allowing them to pursue domestic and international goals easier. The continued success of the CCP module also serves to stifle domestic dissent, as the Chinese people have shown that they are willing to overlook the tremendous negatives with the system (corruption, censorship, etc…) so long as the economy keeps producing. Beeson goes on to write that the “democratic movement” that was thought to eventually hit East Asia, most likely will never materialize. Beeson claims that the mounting economic, political, and environmental challenges will result in people sticking with the status quo as the economic rewards of the status quo outweights the potential costs of reform. The counter-point to this that it is unlikely that the rapid economic development will continue considering the sheer amount of resources needed, and the current pressure to go green is only going to serve to limit the amount of resources, thus stifling economic development. With a limited economic development, it is plausible that the calls for reform will grow louder and louder. If Beeson’s claim, that Southeast Asian states have missed their chance to take part in the East Asia boom, is correct then China’s power is greatly increased in the region as it limits the opposition greatly.