The World on the Brink

​The World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century.
Dmitri Alperovitch, Garrett M. Graff.
Public Affairs. 2024.
ISBN: 9781541704091.
 
World on the Brink is a warning that the U.S. and China are entering a new Cold War, with a high-stakes era of rivalry between the United States and China. They present Taiwan as the central crisis point, warning that a conflict there could trigger catastrophic consequences for global security and the world economy. Rather than treating war as inevitable, the book lays out a strategy for deterrence, emphasizing U.S. resolve, alliances, and long-term preparedness. It reads as a forceful, policy-driven call to action: urgent in tone, grounded in national security concerns, and aimed at readers who want to understand the China challenge in practical terms.
 
Dmitri Alperovitch is a cybersecurity expert, think-tank founder, and co-founder/former CTO of CrowdStrike. He has been a prominent analyst of Chinese and Russian cyber operations and now chairs the Silverado Policy Accelerator.
 
Garrett M. Graff is an American journalist, historian, and author known for writing about politics, national security, and major U.S. crises. He has been editor-in-chief of Washingtonian, a former editor at Politico Magazine, and the author of several well-known books.