USA vs China: Understanding Today’s Superpower Rivalry

The world’s pre-eminent superpowers are locked in an ever more intense competition for global dominance. Each has distinct advantages and disadvantages. The U.S. is a financial behemoth with a sagging manufacturing sector and polarized society. China is a manufacturing giant with enormous financial problems and a suppressed society. This lecture examines their battle for supremacy and the prospects for a fierce but peaceful competition rather than outright war.