CNN’s chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto sits down with FP Live to share insights from his new book, The Return of Great Powers. What does a growing alliance between Russia and China mean for U.S. influence abroad? How does this moment differ from past historical instances of great-power competition? And how could this all shift with a potential second term for Donald Trump?

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Jim Sciutto: The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War

Jim Sciutto: The Shadow War: Inside Russia’s and China’s Secret Operations to Defeat America

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