China and the Logic of Strategy

Edward Luttwak is a renowned specialist in military strategy and geopolitics. He worked as a consultant in the National Security Council and the U.S. Department of State and served as an advisor to President Ronald Reagan. He is the creator... of geo-economics—a branch of geopolitics that studies the economic situation in various countries to enhance a state's influence from the perspective of its economic power and to ensure the achievement of foreign policy goals and global or regional power through economic means. The main part of the book is dedicated to demonstrating the relentless logic of strategy, which demands increased resistance to the unchecked rise of China. The author describes the dynamics of forming an anti-China alliance aimed at countering Chinese power and makes a number of forecasts about the existence of a world divided into China and its opponents.