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Music Learn more at PMI.com slash progress. Hello and welcome back to the Americano show, where we talk about power, politics and prejudices in American life.

Every week we will talk to at least one or two or possibly three or four

American experts, international experts about American affairs,

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I'm delighted to be joined today by Harry Kazianis, who is president and editor-in-chief

of National Security Journal.

And we're going to be talking about China's military might, because Harry, as I'm sure you've seen today, there has been

this big military parade in Beijing, in which we've seen all sorts of fearsome weapons,

from nuclear ballistic missiles to laser weapons, to even robot wolves. And the natural reaction

among all right-minded Western people when they

see this is one of slight alarm. And of course, this is exactly what Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin,

who's there and Kim Jong-un want the West to feel is that there is an increasingly powerful

block of resistance, opposition to Western dominance

on the world stage.

First of all, how worried should Westerners be?

Hey, Freddy, it's great to be with you.

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