Description: Øystein Tunsjø shows that the international system is moving toward a U.S.-China standoff. He arguea that the combined effects of the narrowing power gap between China and the United States and the widening power gap between China and any third-ranking power portend a new bipolarity that will differ in crucial ways from that of the last century.
Review Quotes: [The Return of Bipolarity in World Politics] provide[s] valuable nuance for the growing number of analysts who are worried about the strategic implications of China's rise.-- "Foreign Affairs"