World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century - Hardcover

by Dmitri Alperovitch (Author), Garrett M. Graff (Author)

The leading national security expert who predicted Putin's intention to invade Ukraine argues that China's Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan in the coming years--with dire stakes for America and the world if he is not deterred

We are fully in the midst of Cold War II, this time with China. Taiwan is a new West Berlin, a perilous strategic flashpoint where localized events could trigger a devastating war between nuclear powers.

But this outcome is far from inevitable. Laying out the grand strategy for the United States and allies to avoid this fate, the highly respected security analyst Dmitri Alperovitch reveals key actions that could enable America to win the race for the twenty-first century. This sharp, timely book is the essential blueprint for preventing a catastrophe.

Author Biography

Dmitri Alperovitch is a cofounder and chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a national security think tank. He is also the cofounder of CrowdStrike, one of the world's largest cybersecurity companies. He has been named in Foreign Policy's Top 100 Leading Global Thinkers and MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators Under 35. Alperovitch serves on the Department of Homeland Security's Advisory Council and has previously served as a special advisor to the Department of Defense. He is the host of the Geopolitics Decanted podcast.

Garrett M. Graff is the New York Times-bestselling author of several books on politics and national security, including The Only Plane in the Sky, Watergate, and UFO. The former editor of Politico and a current contributor to Wired and CNN, Graff also serves as the founding director of the Aspen Institute's cybersecurity program.