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0:00 Van's new book, The Rivalry Peril
2:04 What policymakers forget about the first Cold War
12:30 The roots of the US-China cold war
19:09 The end of globalization and the rise of economic nationalism
26:30 How rivalry deepens inequality in both the US and China
Recorded February 12, 2025.
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Discussed in Overtime:
How the new cold war supports autocracy abroad
A worst case for Taiwan
Escaping the great-power rivalry trap
Elbridge Colby: Dove or Warmonger?
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