The U.S. and Australia are deepening their defense cooperation, including by increasing rotations of bomber task forces, fighters and future rotations of the U.S. Navy. Meanwhile China ramps up economic coercion on Taiwan by banning a further 100 Taiwanese businesses and 1,000-plus seafood and liquor imports. And Xi Jinping exerts Chinese influence in the Middle East with a trip to U.S.-backed Saudi Arabia.
Our panelists in this episode are William Stanton, former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director, and current National Chengchi University Chair Professor. We also have Lu Yeh-chung, National Chengchi University, Department of Diplomacy, Professor and Chair.
Our extended interview is with Kitsch Liao, Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub Assistant Director and Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab Military Affairs Consultant. Previously Taiwan’s Institute of National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) Analyst and ex-Australian Strategic Policy Institute Consultant.
Chapters:
00:00 – 10:49 U.S. force posture in Australia
10:49 – 25:36 China slaps bans on Taiwan
25:36 – 39:36 Xi visits Saudi Arabia
39:37 – END Full interview: Kitsch Liao
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