The Rise of China and World Order: An Interview with F. William Engdahl

Abstract

In order to encircle the German Reich in the period from the 1880s to World War I, Britain's strategies included the inciting of war itself to defeat the growing might of Germany. It used all financial, military, and political means simply because Germany had emerged as an economic challenger to British hegemony. Mr Engdahl's understanding of that history and how tragic it was for the world prompted him to write Target China (Engdahl 2013) as he realized that a very similar strategy has been adopted by the West, with Washington today replacing London, against the emergence of a sovereign Chinese economic great power. In the context of his book, Mr Engdahl shares his views on some significant issues of the contemporary world geopolitical situation in this interview.

Notes on Contributors

F. William Engdahl is an independent political economist specializing for more than 30 years in the geopolitical analysis of international political economy, food security, economics, energy and international affairs. He is author of many international best-selling books, including A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order (2004), Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation (2007), Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order (2009), and Gods of Money: Wall Street and the Death of the American Century (2010). He won a “Project Censored Award” for Top Censored Stories for 2007–08 because of his provocative analyses. He is active as a consulting political risk economist for major European banks and private investors.

Wang Zhen is an assistant professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China. Her research focuses on international economics and politics.