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Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
Published by Oxford University Press
From the jury: Overreach is a masterful analysis of the leading contemporary challenge in geopolitics by a long-time close observer of China. Shirk’s analysis of the vulnerability of the regime is provocative, plausible, and full of pragmatic potential for policymakers. She skillfully answers two critical questions for managing the “China problem”: how did we get…
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Jurors

Janice Gross Stein
Jury Chair (Toronto, CA)
Rosa Brooks
Washington, DC
Francis J. Gavin
Washington, DC
Luis Rubio
Mexico
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The Globe and Mail, April 27, 2023