Exploring US-China Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific

Photo courtesy of Brookings Institution In his lecture on US-China rivalry and its implications for the Indo-Pacific, organised by the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS),  Professor Neil DeVotta began with an exposition on The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Paul Kennedy’s superb work on the trajectory of empires, the reasons for their rise and their later decline. DeVotta noted that Kennedy’s work came as a counter to the narratives that were being peddled by American political and foreign policy elites during the Reagan presidency. Whether the US has ever recovered from its decline or whether it has come…

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