In this second half of our interview with Kishore Mahbubani, a former UN ambassador of Singapore, he talks to Kaiser about the perils of American exceptionalism, the poverty of strategic thinking in Washington, and the view of U.S.-China competition from the rest of the world. His latest book, Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, is a bracing read, unsparing in its criticisms of Chinese and American strategic blunders, and its tough-love approach is sure to rankle.
8:52: Comparing Chinese realities to American ideals
15:31: How the outcome of the U.S.-China geopolitical contest will be decided
24:49: Strategic thinking regarding the South China Sea
37:57: America’s relationships with its allies
Recommendations:
Kishore: Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, by Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley.
Kaiser: A new podcast series by Patrick Radden Keefe, called Wind of Change.
‘Superpower Interrupted’: A conversation with veteran China journalist Michael Schuman about his Chinese history of the world
Max Fisher of the New York Times on media coverage of China, COVID-19, and Trump
Has China won? A conversation with Singapore’s Kishore Mahbubani
Kaiser interviews Gordon Chang!
Grounding China's drones: Leading drone maker DJI's Brendan Schulman on U.S. regulatory challenges
The pathogen and the prejudice: Jiwei Xiao on COVID-19 in China and in America
The Sinica Podcast turns 10
China's Venezuelan vicissitudes
R.I.P. Liu Dehai, pipa virtuoso
Will China save the planet? A climatic conversation with NRDC's Barbara Finamore
Former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul on democracy promotion in Russia and China
Dexter Roberts on ‘The Myth of Chinese Capitalism’
Janet Yang and Michael Berry on the state of cinema in a time of souring U.S.-China ties
USCBC President Craig Allen on trade in a time of disruption
UCLA's Alex Wang on where China leads and lags in climate change
Jeff Wasserstrom on music in protest and revolution in modern China
Chinese industrial espionage and FBI profiling and overreach, with Mara Hvistendahl
U.S. tries to persuade Africa it is a credible alternative to China
Bonus Episode - coronavirus update with Yanzhong Huang
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