The global power dynamics are shifting. We are witnessing a change of guard: Europe plays hardly any role geopolitically and is merely a bit player on the political world stage, while nothing can proceed without China. The EU is preoccupied with its own crises, and the heyday of the USA is also over. Both Europe and the Americans overestimate their significance in the Southern Hemisphere. In contrast, China is increasingly asserting itself, both economically and politically. It sees itself once again in the role of the imperial "Middle Kingdom," as the civilizationally superior center of the world. Karin Kneissl, a well-known expert on geopolitical and energy issues, takes stock of this epochal shift in her book. She argues that China will not be satisfied with a geopolitical leadership role in our multipolar world, but rather...