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Elijah McKay interviews Dr. Lyle Goldstein about the geopolitics of the Western Pacific and America's alliance commitments in the region.

On the latest episode of Patterson Perspectives, our own Elijah McKay speaks with Dr. Lyle Goldstein, Director of the China Initiative and Visiting Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Mr. McKay and Dr. Goldstein talk the geopolitics of the Western Pacific, concentrating on how America's interests are served (or not served) by alliance commitments in the region.

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Host: Elijah McKay

Guest: Dr. Lyle Goldstein

Topics covered

• geopolitics
• Indo-Pacific
• Great Power Competition
• alliance commitments
• America's interests

Keywords

• geopolitics
• Indo-Pacific
• Great Power Competition
• alliance commitments
• America's interests

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Organizations: Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University

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