Hello, Hal and Michael.

How are you?

Thanks for having us.

Thanks for showing up.

Let me introduce this.

I'm Robert Wright, a publisher of the non-zero newsletter.

This is a non-zero podcast.

And I normally introduce my guests, but since there are two of you,

I'd like you to introduce yourself so that people who are just

listening on audio and not watching this will start to associate your voices with your names.

I will say beforehand that what we're going to discuss is your new book, Danger Zone,

The Coming Conflict with China, which you've co-authored.

So, Michael, you want to just say a couple words about yourself?

Sure, yeah.

I'm a professor at Tufts in the Political Science Department and a non-resident fellow at the

American Enterprise Institute down in D.C.

And most of my research looks at shifts in the balance of power with a special focus on

the U.S. and Chinese power balance.

And your last name is Beckley, correct?

Yes.

Okay.

Hal.

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