L’aquila e il dragone: prove generali di una nuova guerra fredda

Abstract

The new Chinese leadership is forced to leave behind the phase of peaceful rise inaugurated by Deng with the aim of avoiding international conflicts to allow the country to grow economically and militarily. It is precisely in opposition to this maneuver that Washington has adopted the 'Pivot to Asia'. We are facing a new strategy of containment as already emerged in the years of the Cold War.