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Hal Brands Thinks China is a Declining Power... Here's Why that's a Problem | Democracy Paradox
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Hal Brands Thinks China is a Declining Power... Here's Why that's a Problem | Democracy Paradox

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The Democracy Group · Justin Kempf

July 17, 202354m 26s

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Show Notes

Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is the coauthor (with Michael Beckley) of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China and the author of The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us About Great-Power Rivalry Today.

Key Highlights

  • Introduction - 0:43
  • Peaking Power Theory - 3:12
  • The Original Cold War - 22:28
  • China as a Peaking Power - 31:14
  • American Policy Toward China - 41:56


Key Links

Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China by Hal Brands and Michael Beckley

The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today by Hal Brands

"China’s Threat to Global Democracy" in Journal of Democracy by Hal Brands and Michael Beckley

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