General Robert Spalding: Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept

#China #Taiwan #geopolitics

Robert Spalding is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. His work focuses on U.S.-China relations, economic and national security, and the Asia-Pacific military balance.

Spalding has served in senior positions of strategy and diplomacy within the Defense and State Departments for more than 26 years, and is an accomplished innovator in government and a national security policy strategist. As Senior Director for Strategy to the President, he was the chief architect of the framework for national competition in the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS). He has earned recognition for his knowledge of Chinese economic competition, cyber warfare, and political influence, as well as for his ability to forecast global trends and develop innovative solutions.

Spalding’s relationship with business leaders, fostered during his time as a Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, allowed him to recommend pragmatic solutions to complex foreign policy and national security issues, which are driving positive economic outcomes for the nation. Spalding’s groundbreaking work on competition in Secure 5G has reset the global environment for the next phase of cyber security in the information age.

Spalding is a skilled combat leader, promoter of technological advances to achieve improved unit performance, and a seasoned diplomat. Under Spalding’s leadership, the 509th Operations Group—the nation’s only B-2 Stealth Bomber unit—experienced unprecedented technological and operational advances. Spalding’s demonstrated acumen for solving complex technological issues to achieve operational success, was demonstrated when he led a low-cost rapid-integration project for a secure global communications capability in the B-2, achieving tremendous results at almost no cost to the government. As commander, he led forces in the air and on the ground in Libya and Iraq. During the UUV Incident of 2016, Spalding averted a diplomatic crisis by negotiating with the Chinese PLA for the return of the UUV, without the aid of a translator.

Spalding has written extensively on national security matters. He is currently working on a book concerning national competition in the 21st Century. His work has been published in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Foreign Affairs, The American Interest, War on the Rocks, FedTech Magazine, Defense One, The Diplomat, and other edited volumes. His Air Power Journal article on America’s Two Air Forces is frequently used in the West Point curriculum.

Spalding is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has lectured globally, including engagements at the Naval War College, National Defense University, Air War College, Columbia University, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and other Professional Military Educational institutions. Spalding received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Agricultural Business from California State University, Fresno, and holds a doctorate in economics and mathematics from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He was a distinguished graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, and is fluent in Chinese Mandarin.

[itsme-ntyu]

He knows what the real issues are, unlike the main stream media. The next problem is that it is almost impossible to get everyone's act together to counter the foreign challenge, because of its divided society

[stephenyang]

I detected a change in General Spalding's tone towards China. We need more and diverse scholars on China to help understand China, and dispell misinformation and politically motivated image of China. I encourage Gen. Spalding to study more deeply into Chinese culture and philosophy. When a country sees itself surrounded by dozens of military bases it's rational to militarize islands or rocks to defend itself.

[duckman]

"Wallstreet controls the treasury"
Well I didn't expect that
earnest, not sarcasm.

[johnxiongnu]

God blessed America and the freedom world.

[NomenNescio]

Perhaps we should get back to talking about things that actually matter, like the things covered in the video - instead of all the bovine fecal matter that the mainstream media focus on today?

[Samson]

The US should enact legislation outlawing further investment by Americans in China-owned companies or at least in China-owned companies that are also based in China and provide any good or service that can be used for military purposes or for purposes of asymmetrical warfare including surveillance, information warfare, or cyberwarfare.

[joycebell]

China has run out of 30and 40 something’s……. Another thing China imports 80 percent of its food . When foods get short it will be
Interesting….