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The last decade or so has seen US-China relations enter a negative spiral. The evolution of this complex relationship has triggered a fast-growing debate on whether this is a New Cold War.

Building on a deconstruction of concepts such as cold wars and Cold War, this book illustrates how the…

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How do and should be conceptualize competition between the United States and China? This is the most important bilateral relationship in the world but is in the process of fracturing. Some have argued that this means that we are now in an era of a "New" or "Second" Cold War. This book takes a systematic approach to examine whether or not this is the case. It argues that the relationship post-2011 has been characterized by "global competition; systematic implications in the international order; and, most importantly, a high level of friction falling short of direct hostilities". One of the theories…

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