Year of Publication: 2015
Author: Douglas E. Schoen, Melik Kaylan
Genre or theme: political science, international relations
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 9781594038433
English language
Format: ePub
Interactive table of contents: Yes
Number of Pages: 440
The United States is a nation in crisis. While Washington’s ability to address our most pressing challenges has been rendered nearly impotent by ongoing partisan warfare, we face an array of foreign-policy crises for which we seem increasingly unprepared. Among these, none is more formidable than the unprecedented partnership developing between Russia and China, suspicious neighbors for centuries and fellow Communist antagonists during the Cold War. The two longtime foes have drawn increasingly close together because of a confluence of geostrategic, political, and economic interests—all of which have a common theme of diminishing, subverting, or displacing American power. While America’s influence around the world recedes—in its military and diplomatic power, in its political leverage, in its economic might, and, perhaps most dangerously, in the power and appeal of its ideas—Russia and China have seen their influence increase. From their support for rogue regimes such as those in Iran, North Korea, and Syria to their military and nuclear buildups to their aggressive use of cyber warfare and intelligence theft, Moscow and Beijing are playing the game for keeps. Meanwhile America, pledged to “leading from behind,” no longer does much leading at all. In Return to Winter, Douglas E. Schoen and Melik Kaylan systematically chronicle the growing threat from the Russian-Chinese Axis, and they argue that only a rebirth of American global leadership can counter the corrosive impact of this antidemocratic alliance, which may soon threaten the peace and security of the world.
Authors’ Note
Foreword
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 The New Terrain
CHAPTER 2 Rogue Regimes: How the Axis Uses Proxies to Win
CHAPTER 3 Cyber Security: The New Battlefield
CHAPTER 4 Military Supremacy: America’s Fading Edge
CHAPTER 5 Nuclear Security: They Build Up, We Build Down
CHAPTER 6 The Economic Contest: America on the Sidelines
CHAPTER 7 Intelligence Wars: Stealing America’s Secrets
CHAPTER 8 Propaganda Wars: Losing Ground in the Battle for Hearts and Minds
CHAPTER 9 Countermoves: Some Thoughts on Fighting Back
CONCLUSION Why America Must Wake Up
WHAT TO DO Russia
WHAT TO DO China
WHAT TO DO The New Axis
WHAT TO DO Rebuilding Alliances
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