The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy

by Michael Brenes and Van Jackson

How the U.S. policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperity--and how a saner approach is possible

For close to a decade, the U.S. government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will "eat our lunch," in the words of Joe Biden. The United States has crafted its foreign and domestic policy to help constrain China's military power and economic growth. Van Jackson and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300272898
• ISBN13: 9780300272895
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 248 Pages