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Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

Will China Invade Taiwan & Spark WWIII? (Dmitri Alperovitch)

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9648 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Change Agents, Andy is joined by geopolitical expert, Dmitri Alperovitch. He is also a national security expert, and the chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator thinktank. His latest book is titled “World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century. He discusses what will happen if China invades Taiwan, why the stakes are so high, Putin’s connection to the conflict, and more.  Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. Sponsors: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. OnX Offroad Start your adventure with a 7-day free trial and experience the difference. Download onX Offroad today and elevate your offroading experience at https://www.onxmaps.com/offroad/app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Taiwan is really that crisis right now, right?

0:02.2

Then if we could build, obviously, a metaphorical wall

0:05.0

across the Taiwan Strait and prevent invasion of Taiwan by China,

0:10.4

then we could actually stabilize the Cold War.

0:12.2

It wouldn't end.

0:12.7

We still have this global competition for supremacy

0:15.1

that plays out in every corner of the world.

0:16.9

But Taiwan is really that one place where we might go to war

0:20.4

with China over because

0:21.9

of the critical reasons why Taiwan is important to us.

0:28.6

How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be afraid of work

0:35.2

that has no end.

0:39.3

We have to organize a social movement.

0:43.3

We have an opportunity to lead by example, versus just talking, hot air.

0:49.3

I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually you could change. The people are the ones that can make the change.

1:01.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Change Agents and Ironclad Original, presented by Montana Knife Company.

1:07.0

Today we're going to be talking about China, the potential that they could invade Taiwan,

1:12.4

the impact that would have, how that could potentially spark another World War,

1:16.6

and whether or not it could be prevented. Can it be prevented? How would it be prevented?

1:21.0

My guest today to discuss this is Dimitri Alperovich. His latest book is titled World on the Brink, How America Can Beat

1:29.2

China in the Race for the 21st Century. Let's get into it.

1:32.5

You know, I think most people have heard of Taiwan. They know that there is a tie, what tie they may think it be a direct tie and indirect

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