China vs America
eBook - ePub

China vs America

A Warning

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

China vs America

A Warning

About this book

China's rise as a global superpower has completely reshaped the landscape of international politics. As the country's authoritarian regime becomes increasingly assertive on the world stage, the United States grows ever more hostile to its Asian rival. Repressive moves by China in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, military activities in the South China Sea and Western measures against Chinese companies have only exacerbated tensions. While the great powers of East and West battle over hegemony, the world is being led inexorably towards a new Cold War.

During his time as a Cabinet minister attending National Security Council meetings, Oliver Letwin realised that there was no agreement among Western politicians and academics on how to conduct a peaceful long-term relationship with China. China vs America traces the contours of history, both ancient and modern, to explain how China has emerged as a challenger to American power in the twenty-first century and why this has created such uneasiness in the West.

In this robust and controversial assessment, Letwin argues that the international rules-based order is completely ill-equipped to foster a positive relationship between China and the United States and that the global community must act now to correct the collision course these two behemoths are currently on before it's too late.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Chapter 1: Spiralling towards war, and what we can do about it
  5. Chapter 2: The rhetoric of conflict
  6. Chapter 3: The arc of danger – central Asia, the Himalayas and Bangladesh
  7. Chapter 4: The arc of danger – the East China Sea and the South China Sea
  8. Chapter 5: The struggle for control – cyberspace
  9. Chapter 6: The struggle for control – natural resources
  10. Chapter 7: The failing international system
  11. Chapter 8: The causes of failure in the international system
  12. Chapter 9: China’s power – real, not imaginary
  13. Chapter 10: China’s power – a reversion to the historical norm
  14. Chapter 11: Why China and the West are at loggerheads
  15. Chapter 12: Alternative strategies for the West
  16. Chapter 13: The rationality of peaceful competition
  17. Chapter 14: Peaceful competition through enterprise internationalism
  18. Chapter 15: Peaceful competition through defusing the time bombs
  19. Chapter 16: Choosing which risk to take
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. Copyright