China and America's Spheres of Influence
China and America's Spheres of Influence: Tipping Points to Decide a New Cold War
English | 2025 | ISBN: 9811296588 | 410 Pages | PDF (True) | 12 MB
English | 2025 | ISBN: 9811296588 | 410 Pages | PDF (True) | 12 MB
The ability to exercise influence across continents through trade and empire has played an increasingly central role in determining great powers' geopolitical standings since the onset of the colonial era. In both the World Wars and in the Cold War, ensuring that the bulk of the global economy contributed to the war efforts of the established powers, while isolating the rising powers that challenged them, was key to determining the conflicts' outcomes. China and America's Spheres of Influence places the current multi-faceted contest for global influence in historical context, highlighting how and to what ends both countries have been able to leverage different kinds of influence — whether sway over oil producing countries, a larger global military footprint, or control over key financial institutions.