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Argues that China's urgent requirement for secure, long-term energy supplies & raw materials has transformed its national interests, brought the country into conflict with the US, & dramatically shifted the strategic structure of global politics. Tensions in the Sino-US security relationship are laid out, highlighting China's military build up, Taiwan & North Korea, as well as the US-Japanese security alliance. While much of this contention centers on competing short-term interests, China's energy needs might result in lasting political conflict. Containing this growing conflict is considered, arguing that, in general, this is not a zero-sum game, but each state faces difficult tradeoffs. J. Zendejas

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Two Collisions-Us vs. Them, at Home and Abroad -- Chapter 2: Pandemic Politics -- Chapter 3: Climate Emergency -- Chapter 4: Disruptive Technologies -- Conclusion -- Addendum -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Notes -- Index -- Copyright.

"Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years--including the pandemic--to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises--global health emergencies, transformative climate change, and the AI revolution. Today, Americans cannot reach consensus on any significant political issue, and US and Chinese leaders behave as if they're locked in a new Cold War. We are squandering opportunities to meet the challenges that will soon confront us all. In coming years, humanity will face viruses deadlier and more infectious than Covid. Intensifying climate change will put tens of millions of refugees in flight and require us to reimagine how we live our daily lives. Most dangerous of all, new technologies will reshape the geopolitical order, disrupting our livelihoods and destabilizing our societies faster than we can grasp and address their implications. The good news? Some farsighted political leaders, business decision-makers, and individual citizens are already collaborating to tackle all these crises. The question that should keep us awake is whether they will work well and quickly enough to limit the fallout--and, most importantly, whether we can use these crises to innovate our way toward a better world. Drawing on strategies both time-honored and cutting-edge, from the Marshall Plan to the Green New Deal, The Power of Crisis provides a roadmap for surviving--even thriving in--the 21st century. Bremmer shows governments, corporations, and every concerned citizen how we can use these coming crises to create the worldwide prosperity and opportunity that 20th-century globalism promised but failed to deliver."--

"America will remain the world's only superpower for the foreseeable future. But what sort of superpower? What role should America play in the world? What role do you want America to play? Ian Bremmer argues that Washington's directionless foreign policy has become prohibitively expensive and increasingly dangerous. Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policymakers have stumbled from crisis to crisis in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine without a clear strategy. Ordinary Americans too often base their foreign policy choices on allegiance or opposition to the party in power. We can no longer afford this complacency, especially now that both parties are deeply divided about America's role in the world." --

Ian Bremmer ist ein amerikanischer Politologe sowie Gründer und Präsident der 'Eurasia Group', des weltweit führenden Beratungsunternehmens mit Schwerpunkt globale politische Risiken. Er schreibt für 'The Wall Street Journal', 'The Washington Post', 'Newsweek', 'Foreign Affairs' und viele andere Publikationen und ist Autor mehrerer Bücher.Autoritäre Staaten in aller Welt kämpfen immer rücksichtsloser um wirtschaftliche Dominanz. Und sie tun es mit System: Staatskapitalismus lautet die Formel, die westliche Unternehmen und Demokratien das Fürchten lehrt. Stehen wir an der Schwelle eines neuen Kalten Krieges, der nicht mehr mit militärischen, sondern mit wirtschaftlichen Mitteln geführt wird? Riesige Unternehmen wie Gazprom und Rosneft, Sinopec und die Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) werden von staatlicher Seite massiv unterstützt - finanziell und durch die Gesetzgebung. Sie verfolgen nicht nur wirtschaftliche Ziele, sondern politische: Sie sollen den Einfluss ihres Ursprungslands und seiner Machthaber sichern. Zur Durchsetzung ihrer Interessen ist jedes Mittel recht: Preiskämpfe, Lohndumping, Bestechung. Die Hauptakteure sitzen in China, Russland, Saudi-Arabien und im Iran - doch ihr Erfolg ruft immer mehr Nachahmer in den Schwellenländern auf den Plan. Westliche Unternehmen sind dagegen machtlos: Sie sind Zwerge im Vergleich zu den gigantischen Staatsunternehmen. Wie soll man einem Unternehmen wie der China Investment Corporation (CIC) ernsthaft Konkurrenz machen, deren Kapital mit rund 200 Milliarden Dollar dem Bruttoinlandsprodukt eines mittelgroßen Staates wie Portugal entspricht? 'Brillant und unverzichtbar. Einer der großen politischen Denker unserer Zeit mit einem Buch, das man gelesen haben muss: Er zeigt, wie Politik und globale Märkte sich immer stärker verzahnen - und das zu unserem Schaden.' Nouriel Roubini, Chairman, Roubini Global Economics