The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) invites you to attend the launch of Ross Babbage’s new book The Next Major War: Can the US and Its Allies Win against China?.

The event will be held at ASPI’s headquarters in Canberra on Wednesday 21 June from 6:00pm and will be live-streamed for those who can’t attend in-person.

Bec Shrimpton, Director of Defence, Strategy and National Security at ASPI, will lead a discussion with the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Senior Fellow at ASPI, Senator James Paterson, Liberal Senator for Victoria and Ross Babbage on the book’s topic, followed by drinks and canapes.

In recent years, the risk of major war between China, the United States and its allies has significantly escalated with a clash over the future of Taiwan being the likely turning point.

While most scholarship has centered on the increasing risks of war and the way such conflict might begin, there is little discussion on the potential for allied deterrence and collective defense strategy.

In his new book, Ross Babbage explores the enduring and long-ranging impact of such a war on the US alliance.

Against the backdrop of two types of war, one of the military type and the other of the economic, societal and political, Babbage assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each side, identifies the phases that would likely characterise this war and examines the factors that might determine its duration and outcome.

Understanding what form of conflict such a war might take, the way in which it could progress and how it might be won is crucial for the US and allied defence and national security communities.