The avoidable war : the dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China / Kevin Rudd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudd, Kevin, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geopolitics.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--China--21st century.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States--21st century.

China.

Geopolitics--China--21st century.

Geopolitics--United States--21st century.

National security--United States.

National security.

National security--China.

United States--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

China--Economic policy.

United States--History.

History.

China--History.

international relations.

Physical Description:

viii, 420 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs ; 2022.

Summary:

"A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable. The relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault--of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Short History of the US-China Relationship

2. The Problem of Distrust

3. Understanding Xi Jinping's Worldview: Ten Concentric Circles of Interest

4. The First Circle: The Politics of Staying in Power

5. The Second Circle: Securing National Unity

6. The Third Circle: Ensuring Economic Prosperity

7. The Fourth Circle: Making Economic Development Environmentally Sustainable

8. The Fifth Circle: Modernizing the Military

9. The Sixth Circle: Managing China's Neighborhood

10. The Seventh Circle: Securing China's Maritime Periphery

-the Western Pacific, the Indo-Pacific, and the Quad

11. The Eighth Circle: Going West

-the Belt and Road Initiative

12. The Ninth Circle: Increasing Chinese Leverage Across Europe, Africa, and Latin America and Gaining an Arctic Foothold

13. The Tenth Circle: Changing the Global Rules-Based Order

14. America's Emerging Strategic Response to Xi Jinping's China

15. Xi Jinping's China in the 2020s: The Politics of the Twentieth Party Congress

16. The Decade of Living Dangerously: Alternative Futures for US-China Relations

17. Navigating an Uncertain Future: The Case for Managed Strategic Competition.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781541701298

1541701291

OCLC:

1304512352