America’s Most Powerful Weapon; The Kissinger Tapes; The Upside of U.S.-Chinese Strategic Competition
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The Rise and Fall of Economic Statecraft

Overreach and Incoherence Hobble America’s Most Powerful Weapon

 By Henry Farrell

 

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The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations

Wells provides unparalleled insight into the premier American diplomat of the twentieth century.

Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

 
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The Upside of U.S.-Chinese Strategic Competition: Institutional Balancing and Order Transition in the Asia Pacific

He and Feng offer a counterintuitive and refreshingly optimistic argument about U.S.-Chinese competition.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Economy

 

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Taiwan and the Best Strategy to Prevent War With China

 

Taiwan is where the uneasy peace between the United States and China will be tested—and possibly broken. In Defending Taiwan, Eyck Freymann draws on untranslated Chinese sources, cutting-edge military and economic analysis, and deep historical research to present the first integrated strategy to deter war with China and preserve an honorable peace.

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Taiwan is where the uneasy peace between the United States and China will be tested—and possibly broken. In Defending Taiwan, Eyck Freymann draws on untranslated Chinese sources, cutting-edge military and economic analysis, and deep historical research to present the first integrated strategy to deter war with China and preserve an honorable peace.

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Two Books on Nazi Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union

Two new books explore the circumstances surrounding the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Reviewed by Maria Lipman

 

Democracy and Inequality in India: Political Economy of a Troubled Giant