| Will the US go to war with China over Taiwan? Most Americans have a hard time seeing that as a real possibility. Why should the US care about an island right off China’s mainland that’s smaller than its biggest national park? Foreign policy expert Elbridge Colby, who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, breaks down China’s plan to dominate the Eastern Hemisphere—starting with Taiwan—and then challenge US hegemony. 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/JM528R/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 01:31 – What Taiwan’s recent elections mean 04:29 – Why is Taiwan worth defending? 10:30 – The US is on a collision course with China 13:32 – Is this all about semiconductors? 17:32 – Military strategy in a potential war over Taiwan 20:12 – Taiwan has been buying arms from the US for years 25:43 – Military preparedness across Asia |
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