Abstract
The Improbable War: China, The United States and the Continuing Logic of Great Power Conflict by Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science focuses on big powers‘ relations in the emerging world order. Discussing the likelihood of conflict between the US and China, the author suggests that there is a fifty-fifty chance of war in the next ten to fifteen years. The next global conflict is likely to be played out in cyberspace and outer space and like all previous wars it will have devastating consequences. His conclusion is based on the ‗logic of conflict‘theory, which takes into account aspects of history, human nature, causality, strategy and war. Putting these factors together he thinks that the chances of such a war are actually rather good, and to avoid a military conflict both powers must attune themselves to such a possibility.