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

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The national security expert who predicted Putin’s invasion of Ukraine argues that Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan—with dire global stakes if he is not deterred

“An excellent source.” —Economist

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, who was one of the first to publicly predict Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, 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.Dmitri Alperovitchis 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 inForeign Policy’s Top 100 Leading Global Thinkers andMIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators Under 35. Alperovitch has previously served as a special advisor to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. He is the host of theGeopolitics Decantedpodcast.

Garrett M. Graffis theNew York Times–bestselling author of several books on politics and national security, includingThe Only Plane in the Sky,Watergate, andUFO. The former editor ofPOLITICOmagazine and a current contributor toWiredand CNN, Graff also serves as the founding director of the Aspen Institute’s cybersecurity program. An Economist Best Book of 2024“Alperovitch and Graff make cleal£%