Conflict between great powers is back with vengeance: the new Cold War between the US and China plus Russia

Wade, Robert H. (2023) Conflict between great powers is back with vengeance: the new Cold War between the US and China plus Russia. In: International Political Economy Series. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 13-35.

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Abstract

China’s emergence as a powerful challenger to the US’s and the west’s well-crystallized position atop the global hierarchy poses the question of how to co-exist peacefully. This essay discusses several economic sectors where the two sides are acting aggressively towards each other; in trade, capital, high-tech, and cyberwar. It argues that the geopolitical class of the US and the west must go against the drift of popular opinion and strengthen interaction and investment in the ‘battle ground’ states of the global South, while simultaneously sustaining a closer negotiating position with China and avoiding a self-fulfilling prophecy of war. It concludes with a discussion of appropriate western steps to peaceful co-existence, and the prospects for hot war.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Divisions:	International Development
Subjects:	J Political Science J Political Science > JZ International relations H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited:	05 May 2023 23:04
Last Modified:	15 Jul 2024 00:30
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118815

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