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

How the US 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 US 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 Michael Brenes argue that great-power competition with China ...