EPISODE 48: Is War with China Inevitable? with Adm. James Stark and Dr. Stefan Halper
In China, the U.S. confronts an adversary that saw itself as the Middle Kingdom –the center of the universe –for 3,000 years, then endured a century of humiliation and now seeks to return to what it sees as its rightful place in the world. Join Bill Walton as he and veteran Washington foreign policy experts Dr. Stefan Halper and Adm. James Stark discuss China’s comprehensive program to dominate its region and to challenge the U.S for cultural, economic and military superiority.
The Trump administration has a new approach to China, and it could bear fruit. But the Chinese remain active in cyber warfare, restrict our access to their domestic markets and force companies that are allowed to do business there to hand over their technology, and none of that will change unless we force them to change.
But a war is not inevitable. Instead, it’s critical that the U.S. think in terms of managing our relationship with China. It is our largest trading partner and there are many lines of action to pursue that stop short of “kinetic action.” Dr. Stefan Halper and Adm. James Stark explain how on The Bill Walton Show.
SUBSCRIBE TODAY
FEATURED GUESTS
Related
Episodes
Episode 241: A Victory for Free Speech with Jenin Younes
“America needs to come to terms with the reality and scale of the assault on free speech. Our government has established a vast system of censorship. By keeping it largely secret, it has been able to exert unconstitutional control over medical, scientific and political speech, suppressing debate over questions of great public importance. This is a shocking constitutional violation. All of us, not only the courts, need to recognize what is at stake.”
Watch Now
Episode 240: An Early Look at a Certain Bestseller: “Motorhome Prophecies” with Carrie Sheffield
This is a different kind of episode of The Bill Walton Show. My guest is the charming and insightful polymath Carrie Sheffield who is a columnist and broadcaster now with the Independent Women’s Voice.
Watch Now
Episode 239: “The Sporting Life” with Haven Pell
Sometimes, no it’s almost all the time, I wish I could spend more time playing the many sports I love to play.
But I don’t.
Instead, like most of us, I get caught up in organizations, politics, work, and all the other stuff that life seems to tee up.
Watch Now
Episode 238: “When ‘Free Trade’ Does More Harm Than Good” with Robert Lighthizer
For regular listeners, you know I like to take on complicated subjects, and try to make clear what’s at stake for all of us.
In this episode the Bill Walton Show we take a another deep dive into one of the most complicated and contentious areas of economic policy:
International trade.
Episode 237: Financial Regulation: Boring, or Terrifying? with Chris Iacovella and Norbert Michel
A slew of financial crises that stretch all the way back to the banking Panic of 1907 have been exploited to justify erecting a financial regulatory system that has vastly centralized and expanded federal power over our money.
Watch Now