#23: Getting China Wrong with Aaron L Friedberg

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In this episode, I sat down with Aaron L Friedberg, he is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Over the past two decades he has written numerous books and articles warning of the dangers of an intensifying economic, military, and ideological rivalry between China and the West, including :

• A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia,
• Beyond Air-Sea Battle: The Debate Over U.S. Military Strategy in Asia,
• Partial Disengagement: A New U.S. Strategy for Economic Competition with China.

His latest book is titled Getting China Wrong and some of topics in the episode we discussed includes:

• When did China get the confidence to grow as a competitor to the USA rather than a partner?
• Why did the USA's policy of engagement with China fail to meet its objectives?
• What actions did Xi Jinping and his predecessor in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) do to meet its consistent strategic objectives: to preserve its own rule while enhancing the power of the Chinese nation?
• What actions have America and its global partners have taken to neutralise this? and is is it as much as it should be?
• Can the the West get China right or has it been too wrong for too long?

The Book and Audiobook: Getting China Wrong is out now.
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