The US & China Are Already in 'Cold War II'. Could Taiwan Turn it Hot?
The two largest countries are already repeating history, but is Taiwan the flashpoint that could tip tensions over the edge, and by before the end of the decade?
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China and US relations have never been worse.
Nowhere more so than over Taiwan, the flashpoint that would escalate the current strategic competition into a full-scale war and permanently reshape geopolitics and the global economy if efforts of diplomacy and deterrence fail.
This is the belief of Dmitri Alperovitch - cofounder of CrowdStrike, member of the US Homeland Security Advisory Council, and author of the new book, 'World on the Brink'.
We covered why Dmitri fears Xi Jinping intends to take Taiwan by 2028, why China has never controlled Taiwan, wargaming an invasion of Taiwan, whether the US's grand strategy is enough, and the risks and opportunities to both, including alliance-building and economic unpredictabilities.
"We need to create a new Alliance Network, what I call TAME, Treaty of Allied Market Economies, which is basically going to be an economic version of NATO."
↭ CHAPTERS ↭
00:00 Intro
02:00 Dmitri's concerns of US-China war
03:50 Why Taiwan isnt and has never been part of China
08:30 What the US needs to do to compete with China
15:10 Does China want to dominate or coexist with the US?
17:00 Wargaming Dmitri's idea of a Taiwan invasion
22:15 China's naval capabilities
24:10 Could nuclear weapons play a role?
26:05 Is the current US grand strategy good enough?
33:00 Biden vs Trump China policy
36:00 China's systemic domestic risks to its economy
39:30 Debunking myths of the Russia-China relationship
44:00 How should and can the US leverage its alliances?
50:00 Dmitri's view de-dollarisation, BRICS+, and a multipolar world
55:05 Dmitri's critical message
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