02604cam a2200385 i 4500 552906029 TxAuBib 20220413120000.0 220314s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022009821 9781541701298 HRD 32.00 1541701291 HRD 32.00 TxAuBib rda Rudd, Kevin, 1957- The avoidable war [BOOK] : the dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China / Kevin Rudd. First edition. New York : PublicAffairs, 2022. viii, 420 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. The relationship between the US and China, the world’s two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault—of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily. Kevin Rudd, a former Australian prime minister who has studied, lived in, and worked with China for more than forty years, is one of the very few people who can offer real insight into the mindsets of the leadership whose judgment will determine if a war will be fought. The Avoidable War demystifies the actions of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. Geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls “managed strategic competition.” Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world. Provided by publisher. 20220413. Geopolitics United States 21st century. Geopolitics China 21st century. National security United States. National security China. United States Relations China. United States Foreign relations 21st century. United States Economic policy. China Relations United States. China Foreign relations 21st century. China Economic policy.