Lawfare Daily: ‘The Rivalry Peril’ with Van Jackson and Michael Brenes
Lawfare Daily: ‘The Rivalry Peril’ with Van Jackson and Michael Brenes  
Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition
Published On: Thu Mar 13 2025
Description: On today’s episode, Van Jackson, Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, and Michael Brenes, Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and Lecturer in History at Yale University, join Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to talk about their new book,  “The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy,” in which they make the case for the United States to take a less aggressive approach to China. They discussed the pitfalls of great power competition, the origins of the China threat, and why a destructive U.S.-China rivalry is our choice, rather than our destiny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.