US-China Rivalry: Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) offers a holistic analysis of the unfolding of US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific, using a novel theory called neo-offensive realism. It synthesises quantitative and qualitative data to examine the intensification of US-China competition across the Indo-Pacific in recent years, with a focus on why the competition is intensifying under the interplay of system-level and unit-level forces; where the competition is unfolding across states and quasi-states in the region; how the competition is conducted through economic and military influence mechanisms; and whither the competition is developing in the future.

Professor Brian C.H. Fong, Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University presents his book 'US-China Rivalry' moderated by Dr Zeno Leoni, Lecturer in Defence Studies, King's College London.

About the speaker

Brian C. H. Fong is Professor and Associate Dean of College of Social Sciences at National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan). His research focuses on Great Power Politics, Global Democracy, and Identity Politics, producing more than 90 journal articles, book chapters, authored books, etc. He is the author of US-China Rivalry: Great Power Competition in the Indo-Pacific (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) and the lead editor of The Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition (Routledge, 2024).

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