America at risk: assessing Russia, China, and domestic threats

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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Politics, News, Foreign Policy, News Commentary, Government, Geopolitics, International Relations, Ian Bremmer, Trump, Global Economy, Gzero World

4.7 • 830 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to China’s vision for a new global order, there’s plenty keeping President Joe Biden’s national security officials up at night. On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer and New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger break down the top foreign and domestic threats outlined in the Biden administration's recently released National Security Strategy document. According to the report, the No. 1 external danger is not Russia but rather China. Sanger explains why he believes Taiwan's status as a semiconductor superpower may be staving off a Chinese invasion. As for the Russia-Ukraine war, Sanger talks about the "Ukraine paradox" - the better Ukraine gets at resisting Russia, the more likely Vladimir Putin might launch a tactical nuke (and, Sanger notes, he might just get away with it.) But the biggest threat to America's national security could well be at home —an “insider threat" to the stability of the election system coming from Americans willing to engage in political violence.

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0:00.0	Our greatest national security threat right now is really an insider threat.
0:05.8	And it's backed up by a new acceptance that if you don't like the outcome of an election,
0:13.9	violence is then in some way warranted.
0:19.5	Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast.
0:23.3	This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.
0:27.3	I'm Ian Bremmer, and in this episode, we're taking a deep dive into the key national
0:32.5	security threats facing the United States.
0:35.7	It was in mid-October that the Biden administration released its long-awaited national security strategy,
0:41.0	a 45-page document that evaluates a wide range of threats and challenges both foreign and domestic.
0:48.1	To break those threats down for you and to talk about what we may be missing,
0:51.9	I'm joined by New York Times National Security Correspondent, David Sanger.
0:57.1	Let's get to it.
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