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 President Joe Biden. In The Rivalry Peril, Van Jackson and Michael Brenes argue that great-power competition with China is misguided and vastly underestimates the risks that rivalry poses to economic prosperity, the quality of democracy, and, ultimately, global stability. |
