| The thought of risking American lives and resources over Taiwan leaves most Americans perplexed. The goal for the US here, which former DoD official Elbridge Colby and I agree on, is to avoid a war with China. To do that, Elbridge says we urgently need to overhaul our defense strategy. He lays out a concise plan for this in my latest Global Macro Update interview. Here’s Colby: “[T]he best thing for the American people, and frankly the best thing for freedom and democracy in the world, is for us to not get in a war, but meet our core interests.” Colby is a co-founder and principal of the Marathon Initiative, a foreign policy think tank, and the author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict. Go here to subscribe to Global Macro Update: https://www.mauldineconomics.com/go/JM528S/YTB Learn more about Elbridge Colby here: https://themarathoninitiative.org/elbridge-colby/ Follow Elbridge Colby on X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/ElbridgeColby Learn more about Elbridge Colby’s book, The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300268027/the-strategy-of-denial/ Follow Ed D’Agostino on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-d-agostino-415475296/ Download the Mauldin Economics App here: https://community.mauldineconomics.com/download-app Time stamps: 00:00 – Introduction 01:54 – Where the Cold War analogy breaks down 05:58 – Why US policy needs to focus on Asia over Europe and the Middle East 06:51 – China is perpetuating global conflicts 13:58 – A better US defense strategy 17:22 – The potential fallout from a war with China 21:14 – The right diplomatic strategy with China |
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