#WorldOnTheBrink
Very proud to have my #WorldOnTheBrink with @vermontgmg.bsky.social named as one of the best books of 2024 by the @economist.com!
www.economist.com/culture/2024...
November 23, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Very good to see this prioritization. As I wrote in #WorldOnTheBrink, deterring a Chinese attempt to forcefully annex Taiwan is of paramount importance to the United States and, unfortunately, has been too neglected over decades
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reoriented the U.S. military to prioritize deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense by “assuming risk” in Europe and other parts of the world.
Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints
An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...
wapo.st
March 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Thank you so much @profpaulpoast.bsky.social for highlighting #WorldOnTheBrink as one of the 10 Best Global Affairs books of 2024! I’m hugely honored
IR Books of the YEAR!

Thanks to the Chicago Council for featuring my "10 Best Global Affairs" books of 2024. Each one was published this year and featured as an "IR Book of the Week" during 2024.
Ten Global Affairs Reads of 2024
Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast shares his top 10 book recommendations of 2024.
globalaffairs.org
December 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
May 4, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I am feeling surrounded #WorldOnTheBrink
April 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
My conversation this morning on Morning Joe about China’s troubling military exercises that have encircled Taiwan this week
#WorldOnTheBrink
youtu.be/QodL3mAhi0s
China encircles Taiwan
Dmitri Alperovitch talks to MSNBC's Morning Joe about China's wargames around Taiwanese islands, how the PLA might go about the invasion of Taiwan and his book #WorldOnTheBrink
youtu.be
May 24, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Very proud of our #WorldOnTheBrink cover design. Helps to stand out on the shelves
May 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Why Taiwan is the West Berlin of the 21st Century. My adapted excerpt from #WorldOnTheBrink in @foreignaffairs.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...
Taiwan Is the New Berlin
A Cold War lesson for America’s contest with China.
www.foreignaffairs.com
May 26, 2024 at 9:36 PM
April 24, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Coming up in the next hour: Going live with Alex Marquardt on CNN to discuss China, Taiwan and the looming conflict #WorldOnTheBrink

WorldOnTheBrink.com
April 21, 2024 at 10:55 PM
So amazing to have #WorldOnTheBrink being recognized as one of the best books of the year by Roll Call due to 2 influential Capitol Hill Insiders selecting it as their favorite read of 2024 (including Senator Todd Young)!

rollcall.com/2024/12/05/c...
Deck the Hill with books aplenty: Capitol insiders share their favorites of 2024
Nothing says “holiday gift” like a 400-page tome about history, politics or power. We asked some of Washington’s busiest readers for their recommendations.
rollcall.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:55 PM
New Geopolitics Decanted episode! A special treat. An excerpt from the
#WorldOnTheBrink audiobook describing a detailed likely scenario of the Chinese invasion of Taiwan!

Plus, my conversation with my co-author @vermontgmg.bsky.social about the key themes in the book!
podcast.silverado.org
April 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM
December 27, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Fighting Chinese coercion requires new alliances. My excerpt from hashtag#WorldOnTheBrink in @foreignpolicy.com about the need to create a new Economic NATO-style alliance framework foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/23/d...
Democracy Needs an Economic NATO
Fighting Chinese coercion requires new alliances.
foreignpolicy.com
May 23, 2024 at 5:25 PM
My conversation with Deutsche Welle about the Putin-Xi summit and why China ultimately benefits from Russia’s war on Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZXA...
Why China Benefits From Russia’s War on Ukraine
Dmitri Alperovitch discusses the implications of the Putin-Xi summit with DW and the future of China-Russia relationship #worldonthebrink
www.youtube.com
May 16, 2024 at 6:22 AM
A Chinese economic blockade of Taiwan would fail or launch a war

My latest expanded piece from #WorldOnTheBrink in @WarOnTheRocks

Taiwan needs to focus on the main threat - full scale invasion, not unrealistic blockade scenarios
A Chinese Economic Blockade of Taiwan Would Fail or Launch a War - War on the Rocks
Last month, China launched one of the largest military exercises in recent memory, nearly completely encircling Taiwan with dozens of warships and fighter
warontherocks.com
June 5, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Appreciate @hoanssolo.bsky.social terrific review of #WorldOnTheBrink

"One of the highlights of Alperovitch and Graff’s book is their invasion scenario set in 2028, which envisions a fullscale military exercise turning into a full-scale invasion of the island"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
War, Conflict and the Military
Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to RevolutionDavid L. Preston. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. £14.99/$20.99. 480 pp.The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Ar...
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December 6, 2024 at 3:07 PM
My adapted #WorldOnTheBrink excerpt for @foreignaffairs.bsky.social about the lessons from the West Berlin crisis during Cold War I for the possibility of a detente with China in Cold War II
Taiwan Is the New Berlin
A Cold War lesson for America’s contest with China.
www.foreignaffairs.com
May 15, 2024 at 10:05 PM
What is the key driver behind China’s increasing share in chips manufacturing?

This slide from @silverado.org tells the story: fab equipment manufacturing imports from the US, Netherlands and Japan are skyrocketing to arm the Chinese semiconductor manufacturing industry #WorldOnTheBrink
May 3, 2024 at 4:21 PM
A real-world test of part of the PLA Taiwan invasion scenario from #WorldOnTheBrink:

A Chinese national drove a speedboat into the harbor at the mouth of the Tamsui River that leads into the capital Taipei
Taiwan should be on high alert after speedboat incursion: Experts - Focus Taiwan
Defense experts have urged Taiwan's government to be on high alert following the arrest of a Chinese national in New Taipei's Tamsui District who claimed to have driven a speedboat as part of a missio...
focustaiwan.tw
June 11, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Great review of #WorldOnTheBrink from the @TheEconomist
"A new book offers practical advice about how America can win against China"
Is time more on America’s or China’s side?
A new book offers practical advice about how America can win against China
www.economist.com
May 30, 2024 at 3:01 PM
My conversation (and lively debate) with @ecfr.bsky.social on the US-China competition, Taiwan and the high stakes involved for the US and the world #WorldOnTheBrink ecfr.eu/podcasts/epi...
High stakes in the strait: US -China competition and Taiwan’s future
Mark Leonard welcomes Dmitri Alperovitch to discuss US-China competition and the likelihood of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan…
ecfr.eu
April 26, 2024 at 5:25 PM
World On The Brink is #8 on USA Today National Bestseller list (also a bestseller on Amazon)! #WorldOnTheBrink

www.usatoday.com/booklist/boo...
Best-selling Booklist – USA TODAY
Explore best-selling books, reviews, and recommendations at USA Today's Best-selling Booklist. Discover captivating fiction, inspiring non-fiction & expert critiques.
www.usatoday.com
May 8, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Enjoyed spending an hour on @cspanwj discussing #WorldOnTheBrink, the strategic importance of Taiwan to the US, how and when China might launch an invasion and the strategy for deterrence www.c-span.org/video/?53566...
Washington Journal: Dmitri Alperovitch Discusses His Book "World on the Brink"
Dmitri Alperovitch talked about his book, [World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century].
www.c-span.org
May 19, 2024 at 2:28 PM