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Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry, by Lyle J. Goldstein. Washington, DC: Georgetown Univ. Press, 2015. 400 pages. $29.95.
Numerous Western observers-expert and otherwise-have opined about the implications of the rise of China. A small number address the implications for hundreds of millions of people who have moved from subsistence living into the middle classes. A few more address the consequences for the world's economy, environment, or rule of law. But most focus on an emerging rivalry with the United States and the possibility it will lead to superpower conflict. Of these, Naval War College professor Lyle Goldstein is virtually alone in mapping out specific plans to avoid friction, de-escalate tensions, and cultivate peaceful coexistence; the others offer "realist" solutions designed to isolate, deter, or defeat China.
Dr. Goldstein-the founding director of the College's China Maritime Studies Institute, and fluent in Mandarin- brings the right tools to the task of analyzing the United States-China rivalry...