NonZero World: Making Critical Sense of Sino-US Relations

I was a guest on the NonZero World podcast, which is part of the excellent NonZero newsletter. It was an ideal guest appearance because my new book with Mike Brenes—The Rivalry Peril—ends up being one big argument against zero-sum statecraft.

In this episode:

• 2:04 There’s a right Cold War metaphor and a wrong Cold War metaphor

• 12:30 The roots of the US-China cold war

• 19:09 The end of globalization and the rise of economic nationalism

• 26:30 How rivalry deepens inequality in both the US and China

Discussed in overtime (behind their paywall):

• How the new cold war supports autocracy abroad

• A worst case for Taiwan

• Escaping the great-power rivalry trap

• Elbridge Colby: Dove or Warmonger?