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This is CBSI in the world.

I'm John Batsworth, my good colleague, Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, and we're thrilled to welcome

General Blaine Holt, United States Air Force retired, who's here to help us understand

the Arctic and the ambition of the People's Republic of China in addition to its

no-limits partner, the Russian Federation.

Blaine, a very good day to you.

My experience with the Cold War and the Arctic is one movie, Ice Station Zebra,

Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnein, Patrick McGuitt.

What a fabulous film.

However, that was then.

This is now.

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