Robert O'Brien Talks Global Threats

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Robert O’Brien, former U.S. ambassador and national security advisor to President Donald Trump, joins Klon Kitchen for a discussion of international politics from a bird’s-eye view. They discuss his time working for the former president, and the job of national security advisor. Plus: How can the United States protect itself from Chinese economic espionage? China’s threat to Taiwan? And what is the future of the war in Ukraine? Show Notes: -Uphill: The Showdown Over the China Competition Bill -The Current: Ban TikTok Now -The Current: Getting Smart on Intelligence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:02.0	I'm Climb Kitchen, and I get to be your host this week.
0:04.4	Joining me is Robert O'Brien,
0:06.0	the 27th United States National Security Advisor
0:08.6	who served President Trump in that position from 2019
0:11.9	until 2021.
0:14.0	Today we'll discuss what the job is
0:16.3	and what it's like working for the United States President
0:18.2	as his national security advisor.
0:19.9	We also talk about Ukraine and the growing sense
0:23.7	of restraint on the political right.
0:25.7	We talk a lot about China and Taiwan,
0:27.6	the growing concerns about Chinese invasion
0:29.6	of that island,
0:30.6	as well as how the United States can protect itself
0:32.8	from Chinese economic espionage.
0:35.0	It's a great conversation, and I hope you enjoy it.
0:37.2	Robert, thanks for taking time to join me for a conversation.
0:54.7	Great to do it, Nikolai, and thank you.
0:57.3	So I always like to begin these conversations
0:59.4	with a little bit of just background
1:01.7	on how individuals in these jobs kind of get there.
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