“The speed with which ‘great power competition’ with China has become the new obsession in Washington foreign policy circles is both amazing and alarming. Jackson and Brenes perform a service by slamming the brakes on that, showing with rigor and clarity that the logic of strategic competition won’t lead us to greater global security and prosperity, but to more conflict and insecurity.”—Matt Duss, executive vice president, Center for International Policy and former foreign policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders

“The Rivalry Peril is an original book, essential for everyone to read who is interested in U.S.-China relations and the U.S. position in the world. Deeply researched and well written, this is an important book that directly challenges the conventional wisdom in America’s foreign policy establishment.”—David C. Kang, University of Southern California

“‘Winning the competition with China should unite all of us,’ President Biden told the nation. But it won’t, Michael Brenes and Van Jackson argue in this powerful book. Rivalry with China, they contend, has already failed to heal America’s divisions and promises to widen them further, while giving China reasons to act more aggressively, not less, on the world stage. You won’t look at U.S.-China rivalry the same way again.”—Stephen Wertheim, author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy