Ep 41: Hal Brands and Michael Beckley on China

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 8:26 a.m.

b'Hal Brands, Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, and Michael Beckley, associate professor of political science at Tufts University, join the show to talk about how an armed confrontation with China could be coming more quickly than most expect.\\xa0\\n\\u25aa\\ufe0f\\nTimes\\xa0\\n\\n\\u2022\\t01:30 Introduction\\n\\u2022\\t02:28 Danger Zone\\xa0\\n\\u2022\\t05:13 A Matter Of Timing\\n\\u2022\\t07:55 A Thucydides Trap?\\n\\u2022\\t13:07 Historical Analogies and 1914\\n\\u2022\\t20:32 Getting To The Long Game\\n\\u2022\\t25:37 Sleepwalking Into War?\\n\\u2022\\t31:10 China\\u2019s Problems And Plans\\n\\u2022\\t35:06 The \\u201cLenin Trap\\u201d\\n\\u2022\\t36:44 Why Does Taiwan Matter?\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\u2022 40:27 Commitments And Capabilities\\xa0\\n\\u2022\\t44:37 What Will War Look Like?\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\u2022 48:24 Cold War Lessons\\xa0\\n\\u2022\\t52:22 Getting Through The Danger Zone'