Ep 134: Michael Sobolik on China’s Geostrategy

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Michael Sobolik, author of Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance and Senior Fellow in Indo-Pacific Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, joins the show to talk about China.

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• 01:38 Introduction

• 04:29 Belt and Road

• 07:54 The Beginning

• 13:12 Chinese imperialism

• 20:50 Mackinder’s math

• 25:19 Nazi geostrategic thinking

• 28:21 Spykman and BRI

• 31:42 Imperialism is not a relic

• 35:43 Countering China

• 40:40 Tracing BRI back to Beijing

• 46:55 Keeping Taiwan safe

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