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World on the Brink
- How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
A leading national security expert, who publicly predicted Vladimir Putin's intention to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine months before it took place, lays out the case for why China's Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan in the coming years and the dire stakes for America and the whole world if he is not deterred.
In World on the Brink, security expert Dmitri Alperovitch makes the case that we are already in the midst of Cold War II, with China, and that Taiwan is the perilous strategic flashpoint of this new conflict that risks triggering a devastating war between major nuclear powers in a similar role that West Berlin nearly played during Cold War I.
Laying out the comprehensive strategy to deter war and maintain U.S. place as the world's leading superpower in the face of rising China, Alperovitch breaks down not only the significant weaknesses that can prevent China from surpassing the United States, but also the key policies that will enable America to maintain primacy even as China ramps up its efforts.
As Alperovitch explains, we must play to our strengths and address our weaknesses, using our leverage as the strongest nation on the planet to tactfully navigate the next Cold War. This sharp, timely book is the essential blueprint for doing just that.
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- Smccoull
- 03-06-24
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I'm generally interested in the conflict side of geopolitics and this book is adjacent to that - not quite more normal read/listen.
I really liked how Dmitri didn't just stick to China, he gave a wider context such as russia's war in Ukraine as well as russia's interaction with other nations including China.
It's obvious, to anyone paying even a small amount of attention, that there are lots of risks in our dealings with China but there's no panic in the book. He sticks to how the west, 99% of the time the US, can manage the threat from China without too much harm to western economies.
Overall this book is definitely worth a listen or read. That said I did give the story 4/5 but that was mainly because, at times, it felt like it was a bit of a sales pitch for the US. I realise the author, despite being born in Europe, is now American, and fiercely proud of the US, but there was the odd negative comment about doing business in Europe which to me, as an employee as opposed to business owner, sounded very positive for Europe and very negative for the US. I had to overcome my occasional Europe centric bias and paid attention the main points of the book. I felt a learnt a lot from this book I didn't really know in detail before, for instance about chips and how China is using older chips to leverage advantage.
In short listen to the book but if you're proudly European then, very rarely, you'll have to ignore the odd Europe bashing.
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- Rui Ribeiro
- 12-05-24
Compelling
A book with a comprehensive analysis of the geopolitical situation the US and its allies face regarding their two main adversaries: Russia and China. The book shows in a convincing manner why China should be a greater concern and offers a multipronged strategy to deal with an aggressive and non rules complying China. This strategy is explained and properly justified and the overall view seems to make a compelling case for the recommended strategy for the US and its close allies, but also involving the many countries that can be affected by the Chinese bully.
Highly recommended.
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- Alex H
- 09-05-24
Alarming and convincing
I hope the staffers and principals of both the US' political parties and of the parties in allied countries read this and act accordingly. China must be dettered.
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- Mr Paul Michael Hopkins
- 01-06-24
Too long
As a concept it’s a good book. And the subject is clearly one the author knows. But at quite a few points you think it’s just being strung out with words. Which makes you lose the thread, especially by the end.
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