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World on the Brink

By: Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff - contributor
Narrated by: Will Collyer
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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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©2024 Dmitri Alperovitch and Garrett M. Graff (P)2024 PublicAffairs

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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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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.
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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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