About this episode
The episode discusses Xi Jinping's military purge, implications for Taiwan, US political chaos, and Australia's relationship with Canada amidst US decoupling.
For some variety we start with a few words about China's President Xi Jinping undertaking a further purge of the military leaving him in sole command. In the short term this might make an invasion of Taiwan less likely - but in the medium term the situation could be more dangerous. In the US, chaos continues on both the foreign policy and domestic fronts. A question for Australian politicians and national security figures: if US officials, including the President, lie so blatantly to their own people, why should we believe anything that they say? When it comes to decoupling from the US, we might learn a lot more about how Canada is doing so when their Prime Minister Mark Carney visits in March. Canada is seeking to take advantage of the current self-inflicted US brain drain. Australia seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Topics covered
- China military purge
- US foreign policy
- Australia national security
- Canada-US relations
- Taiwan invasion likelihood
Keywords
- Xi Jinping
- Taiwan
- US foreign policy
- Canada
- Mark Carney
- Australia
- military purge
- national security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: US, Canada
Places: Australia, Taiwan
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