Is the Military Confrontation with China Inevitable? | Conversations with Jim Zirin

From the Peloponnesian Wars to World War I, when a rising power challenges a dominant power, the result is often armed conflict. Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tells Jim Zirin that we can avoid the catastrophe that comes with China’s creeping expansionism if we engage with them in matters of mutual interest and push back robustly where they seek to displace us in the “struggle to secure the commanding heights” of the new technologies.

Original tape date: March 7, 2023. First aired: April 4, 2023.

Guest:
Hon. Kevin Rudd Author “The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China”, Former Australian Prime Minister

Conversations with Jim Zirin is a talk show designed to illuminate the news by taking the time required to understand and interpret national and world events. The series features high-profile guests from the worlds of politics, law, business, foreign relations, national security, counterterrorism, media, lifestyles, literature, the arts, and the military. The series is hosted by Jim Zirin, a leading litigator and contributor to major publications including Forbes, the Daily Beast, the Nation, The Times of London and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of two books, The Mother Court -- Tales of Cases That Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court, and Supremely Partisan—How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Criminal Division under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau.

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