Book · 2024 · Political Science
New Cold Wars
China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West
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New Cold Wars is the best book I've read in the past few years on this broad subject.
What they say about it
- Discussing the book with author“discuss his new book”2
The best things said about it
It's really a book that I recommend for anyone.
Your book though is unique in your framing specifically about new cold wars, not one cold war, not cold war 2.0, not cold war II, new cold wars.
Having just read the book, I'll go very specific at this: you've hinted at a dynamic in the Biden administration.
This brings to mind another anecdote from the book.
Why people recommend it
Every mention
Marshall Kosloff then is the United States confronts a radically different world from even a decade or even two decades ago… 7
Discussed
“We are following up Tuesday's episode with demito perovich that covered the possibility of an invasion of Taiwan with an episode with the New York times's David E Sanger to discuss his new book new cold Wars new cold Wars is the best book I've read in the past few years on this broad subject”
Discussed
“your book though is unique in your framing specifically about new cold Wars not one Cold War not cold war 2.0 not Cold War II new cold Wars explain why you're framing the current geopolitical moment along those lines”
Discussed
“I think the real question for you is I'm looking at the Trump presidency and the Biden presidency and having just read the book I'll go very specific at this you've hinted at a dynamic in the Biden Administration”
Discussed
“um you don't focus on John krey and John ky's efforts around climate change um Visa China in the book and I think that's another interesting”
Recommended
“then is the United States confronts a radically different world from even a decade or even two decades ago um when you're reading the book we're going from the Middle East to Taiwan to the halls of power in DC to Moscow to Russia to Europe Etc um it's really a book that i' recommend for anyone in in the”
Discussed
“um speaking of Ukraine I have noticed a theme um of I read I interviewed Franklin 4 about his profile of the Biden administ um and then I obviously read your book and a couple other ones that this is like an an intuition i' I've taken on that's gotten me in trouble at a couple dinner parties so I'd”
Discussed
“yeah and the reason why I asked you that question I'm I'm I'm very Pro Ukraine um is just that this brings to mind another anecdote from the book you quote um the Chinese ambassador to the US um as saying look I've paraphrase but I've spoken to the smartest people”
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“um the thread that runs through the whole book of course is after you get through 150 pages of how we deceived ourselves into thinking that Russia and China for their own reasons were going to join the Western economy under Western rules and Western legal mors and so forth”
Own book
“chapter 19 of the book describes in great length what we have done in testing out project Maven you know the the project that initially sent the Google campus into Rebellion”
Own book
“look as you've identified this is a book of reporting right I traveled around the world for this as did uh my main researcher and and and co-author in in parts of this Mary Brooks and you know we to Taiwan semiconductor to examine the question of whether or not um there is a silicon shield”
Own book
“the book describes a real strategy on the part of the Biden team a strategy of gaining Time by depriving the Chinese and some key Technologies the most interesting story is about asml the Netherlands company that makes the Machinery that sits at the middle of a semiconductor FB”
Own book
“my own view is you have to prepare the American people for what an era of new cold Wars looks like and that's really what the book's about”