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An authoritative account of Xi Jinping's worldview and how it drives Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage. In his new book, On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of the ideological worldview driving Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage--that of President Xi Jinping, who now hold near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party and is now, in effect, president-for-life. Rudd argues that Xi's worldview differs significantly from those of the leaders who preceded him, and that this ideological shift is reflected in the real world of Chinese policy and behaviour. Focusing on China's domestic politics, political economy, and foreign policy, Rudd characterises Xi Jinping's ideological framing of the world as "Marxist-Leninist nationalism." According to Rudd, Xi's notion of Leninism has taken the party and Chinese politics further to the left in comparison to his predecessors. Also, his Marxism has also taken Chinese economic thinking to the left-in a more decisively more statist direction and away from the historical dynamism of the private sector. However, Chinese nationalism under Xi has moved further to the right- towards a much, harder-edged, foreign policy vision of China and a new determination to change the international status quo. Xi's worldview is an integrated one, where his national ideological vision for China's future is ultimately inseparable from his view on China's position in the region and the world. These changes in worldview are also reflected in Xi's broader rehabilitation of the concept of "struggle" as a legitimate concept for the conduct of both Chinese domestic and foreign policy--a struggle that need not necessarily always be peaceful. Finally, Xi's ideological worldview also exhibits a new level of nationalist self-confidence about China's future--derived from China's historical and civilizational strengths but reinforced by his Marxist-Leninist concept of historical determinism and the belief that the tides of history are now on firmly China's side. A powerful analysis of the worldview of arguably the most consequential world leader of our era, this will be essential reading for anyone interested in how Xi is transforming both China and the international order, and, most importantly, why?

The relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault-of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily. Kevin Rudd, a former Australian prime minister who has studied, lived in, and worked with China for more than forty years, is one of the very few people who can offer real insight into the mindsets of the leadership whose judgment will determine if a war will be fought. The Avoidable War demystifies the actions of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. Geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls "managed strategic competition." Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world.

Can war between China and the United States still be avoided? The relationship between the U.S. and China is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault--of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and to be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily. In this book, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd demystifies the actions and prejudices of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. To Rudd there is no doubt: geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls "managed strategic competition." Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world. "Rudd offers constructive steps for the two powers to stabilize their relations." Henry Kissinger "Wise counsel from a seasoned statesman." Graham Allison, author of Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides' Trap?

För maktbalansen mellan Kina och USA är 2020-talet ett avgörande decennium. Den ömsesidiga misstron om ländernas avsikter har vuxit sig allt starkare under de senaste åren och kan leda till katastrofala felbedömningar. Både kinesiska och amerikanska strateger och politiker är medvetna om att de två ländernas relation befinner sig i en kris som riskerar att utvecklas till krig. Aldrig har konkurrensen varit så knivskarp och aldrig har så mycket stått på spel.Den avgörande frågan, skriver Kevin Rudd i Det (o)tänkbara kriget (The Avoidable War, 2022), är om de två supermakterna kan hitta ett sätt att existera sida vid sida utan att ge avkall på sina kärnintressen. Om de istället väljer militär konfrontation riskerar de att utlösa ett krig som kan skriva om framtiden för hela världen. Kevin Rudd har varit Australiens premiär- och utrikesminister och har lång erfarenhet av och djupa kunskaper om amerikanska såväl som kinesiska förhållanden. Det (o)tänkbara kriget handlar om en konflikt som måste undvikas.Kevin Rudd är en australisk politiker och tidigare ledare för det australiska arbetarpartiet. Han var Australiens 26:e premiärminister 2007 2010 samt 2013 och landets utrikesminister 2010 2012. Rudd är en respekterad expert på Kina och utrikespolitiska frågor. Han är nu Australiens ambassadör i Washington.