111 | Admiral James Stavridis: What Could a World War with China Look Like?

The Realignment

Technology, News Commentary, National Security, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, News, Public Policy, Economics, Politics, Saager Enjeti, U.s. Politics, Policy

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🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Realignment Bookshop list of Admiral Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman’s book recommendations on the U.S. and China: https://bookshop.org/lists/2034-admiral-james-stavridis-and-elliot-ackerman-book-recommendations Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and co-author (with Elliot Ackerman) of 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, joins The Realignment to offer a warning about the consequences “sleepwalking” into a military conflict with China along with the legacies of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how dysfunction in the U.S. political system impacts foreign policy.

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0:00.0	Saga and Marshall here welcome back to the realignment.
0:03.6	At the end of the day, we're not looking for a world with China.
0:13.2	We don't want a world with China.
0:15.1	My belief is that back to something Marshall asked about a moment ago, a very strong component
0:22.1	in deterring both China and the United States from ending up in a war is a strong, capable,
0:29.4	credible, forward deployed US military, particularly naval, getting the geography of those circumstances.
0:43.5	This week we are very excited to welcome Admiral James Stravitas.
0:47.2	He spent more than 30 years in the US Navy.
0:50.1	He was a four star admiral.
0:51.8	He was the supreme Allied commander of NATO.
0:55.5	You might know him because he's frequently on cable news with Morning Joe.
0:58.9	He has a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where
1:03.4	he also served as dean for five years.
1:06.8	We're speaking of the Admiral, not merely because of his interest and deep knowledge on
1:10.2	foreign policy, but specifically because he recently released a novel, 2034, a novel
1:16.3	of the next world war, but he co-authored with Elliot Ackerman, who is a writer who served
1:22.0	in the Marine Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan.
1:24.8	The book is incredibly interesting, the way that the Admiral describes it is, it's not
1:30.5	predictive fiction.
1:32.3	So the idea isn't Elliot and I believe that X, Y, and Z will lead to a global conflict
1:39.4	between the US and China.
1:41.3	It's this is a cautionary tale of what could happen.
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