The Political Economy of China—US Relations

lt;p>Mzukisi Qobo is Head, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand. He serves on President Cyril Ramaphosa's Economic Advisory Council. He has in the past served in a senior role in government as Chief Director responsible for trade policy in the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa. His areas of expertise are governance, political economy, and geopolitics. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Warwick, UK.

Chapter 1: Crisis and turbulence in global order.-Part 1: China's Global Rise: Reconfiguring Power after the Cold War.- Chapter 2: The race for global supremacy: the limits to power and hegemony.- Chapter 3: The China challenge: peaceful and non-hegemonic?.- Part-2: Changing Dynamics in China-US Relations: From Strategic Containment to Competitive Rivalry.- Chapter 4: US foreign policy and China: From Nixon to Bush.- Chapter 5: The Obama doctrine: the Asia pivot and isolation.- Part 3: Towards an Alternate World Order: China, the South, and Western Hegemony.- Chapter 6: China's multi-track strategy: SCO, BRICS, AIIB, BRI.- Chapter 7: The Trump Era: Trade and technology wars.-Chapter 8: China's Evolving Soft Power.-Part 4: Shaping the Geo-strategic Nexus: Africa and China, US Relations.- Chapter 9: China and Africa: from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping.-Chapter 10: US and Africa-from Bush to Obama and Trump.- Part 5: Conclusion.- Chapter 11: The future of global power and Africa.