US-China Rivalry

Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific

Author: Brian C.H. Fong

Advances a new theory for mapping the dynamics of great power politics today.

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Advances a new theory for mapping the dynamics of great power politics today.

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US-China Rivalry offers a holistic analysis of the unfolding of US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific, using a novel theory called neo-offensive realism. It synthesises quantitative and qualitative data to examine the intensification of US-China competition across the Indo-Pacific in recent years, with a focus on why the competition is intensifying under the interplay of system-level and unit-level forces; where the competition is unfolding across states and quasi-states in the region; how the competition is conducted through economic and military influence mechanisms; and whither the competition is developing in the future.

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Timely and highly relevant in this intensifying era of great power competition between the United States, China and Russia, US-China Rivalry: Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific sketches the important features of the increasingly tense Sino-American competitive dyad unfolding across the Indo-Pacific region. Policymakers, diplomats, military leaders, and all with an interest in managing the Sino-American rivalry toward safe-harbour should find this book both informative and an essential read.--Thomas F. Lynch III, U.S. National Defense University