The New Cold War - How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape Our Century

''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