New cold wars : China's rise, Russia's invasion, and America's struggle to defend the West
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-492) and index.

"This book is an account of the United States' plunge into simultaneous confrontations with two very different adversaries. For years, the United States was confident that the newly democratic Russia and increasingly wealthy China could be lured into a Western-led order that promised prosperity and relative peace, so long as they agreed to Washington's terms. By the time America emerged from the age of terrorism, it was clear that this had been a fantasy. Now the three powers are engaged in a high-stakes struggle for military, economic, political, and technological supremacy, with nations around the world pressured to take sides. Yet all three are discovering that they are maneuvering for influence in a far more turbulent world than they imagined. Based on interviews with top officials from five presidential administrations, U.S. intelligence agencies, foreign governments, and tech companies, David Sanger analyzes the era's critical questions: Will the mistakes Putin made in his invasion of Ukraine prove his undoing and will he reach for his nuclear arsenal-or will the West's famously short attention span signal Kyiv's doom? Will Jinping Xi invade Taiwan? Will both men deepen their partnership to undercut America's dominance? And can a politically dysfunctional America still lead the world?"--,Provided by the publisher.