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‘An illuminating book for the interested citizen as well as for those making policy’ HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
‘An important, crystal-clear account of contemporary global geopolitics… Essential reading’ PETER FRANKOPAN
‘An excellent short guide: concise, informed, and full of insight’ SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN

We have entered a new Cold War. The contest between America and China is global and unbridgeable, and it encompasses all major instruments of statecraft – economic, political and military. It has its tinder box: Taiwan. And both protagonists are working hard to draw allies to their side from across the world.

We stand at its beginning. But this Cold War is nothing like the conflict between the Soviet Union and the West which defined the second half of the twentieth century. We need new ideas to navigate its risks and avoid a globally devastating hot war. In this urgent and necessary book, Robin Niblett argues that only by looking back can we learn the lessons to guide us through this new reality: he goes through the ten ways in which the New Cold War is different and offers five rules for navigating its onset.

How we manage this contest will determine not only whether there is still space for international cooperation to deal with our many global challenges, from the climate emergency to the technological revolution, but also who will lead the twenty-first century and, quite simply, the course of all our futures.

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There’s a pressing need to put the contest between the US and China into its global context. Robin Niblett does precisely that. An illuminating book… * Hillary Rodham Clinton, former US Senator and Secretary of State * An important, crystal-clear account of contemporary global geopolitics – by one of the UK’s leading strategic thinkers. Essential reading * Peter Frankopan * For those seeking to get their heads round the biggest geopolitical challenges of our time, this is an excellent short guide: concise, informed, and full of insight * Sir Lawrence Freedman * Robin Niblett succinctly explains the drivers of today’s global instability and offers hope that democratic countries can regain their sense of shared purpose. * The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH * In this timely book, Robin Niblett unveils the changing balance of power between the US and China and how it is re-defining international relations. Its clarity and simplicity make it essential reading. * Arancha Gonzalez, former Spanish foreign minister * An insightful, sobering and essential analysis of a shifting geo-political landscape… fresh thinking on how we might manage the US-China confrontation. * Isabel Hilton * Combines shrewd and detailed geopolitical analysis with a sobering but ultimately positive assessment of how the liberal world can get back on the front foot. Compelling reading. * Rana Mitter * Robin Niblett is one of the UK’s finest foreign policy minds… As he rightly argues, war between the US and China is entirely avoidable. * Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia and author of The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the U.S. and Xi Jinping’s China *