It is conventional wisdom that America and China are running a "superpower marathon" that may last a century. But the sharpest phase of that competition will be a decade-long sprint, and the moment of maximum danger could be just a few years away, Brands and Beckley argue. China has entered the most perilous period in the life of a great power. It has gained the capability to upend the existing international order, but is not yet secure or powerful enough to build a new order. Soon its window to act will slam shut-unless it takes drastic action. China is behaving so aggressively in the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and other areas not because it is a confident, rising power, but because it is a peaking power whose economy is slowing while its rivals multiply. America will still need a long-term strategy for competing with China. But first, it needs a near-term strategy for navigating the danger zone ahead.
- ISBN10 1324021306
- ISBN13 9781324021308
- Publish Date 16 September 2022
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English