Those questions are at the heart of a new book, "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century." The author is Dmitri Alperovitch, with Garrett Graff.

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Dmitri Alperovitch is an internationally recognized ... and the author of the national bestseller World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century.