Former Australian diplomat John Fowler joins Mike Benitez tounpack international relations. What is it? Why does it matter? Why is Chinabeing so ambitious? What are they doing in South America? How’s a Taiwan invasion looking? All that and more!
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Show Notes
(01:28) intro
(04:35) what is diplomacy?
(09:31) military connection
(13:27) Monroe Doctrine
(21:19) Changing view on China
(22:52) Belt & Road Initiative
(26:54) BRI in Latin America
(30:34) Davidson Window
(33:52) Ukraine’s impact on China
(43:18) Impact of decoupling chip industry
(46:26) US policy on Taiwan
(52:00) outro