Richard Werner
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4,694 appearances
9 recordings
3 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 22 May
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And that's really why Britain first was very keen to prevent Germany from collaborating with countries further east.
Yes.
Ottoman Empire, Russia in particular, and also prevent the buildup of transport infrastructure that, of course, fosters closer economic and political connections.
And it's the same, of course, America has adopted that strategy.
There's a famous quote by Stratford Friedman saying that the key goal in the 20th century has been to prevent Germany from collaborating with Russia.
And America has also pursued that and very successfully.
You know, Germany is not collaborating with Russia, even though it would be in both countries' interests.
To put it mildly.
Yeah, exactly.
And likewise in Asia, of course, the equivalent, he didn't mention that, but I think I would add that.
uh it's been a key goal of america to prevent japan and china from collaborating yes because if they did you know who needs america in the pacific so of course america has always been telling the japanese oh don't trust the chinese you know they hate you and it's been telling china oh don't trust the japanese they hate you and i don't think the chinese trust the japanese for other reasons too i think
actually the two countries get along better than people recognize.
And it's not just the Taiwanese population that has very favorable memories of being part of Japan until 1945.
And most Taiwanese people I know speak always very fondly of Japan.
It's also Chinese youth.
They think Japan is a cool, fun place and quite exciting.
And of course, there is a whole generation, Deng Xiaoping's generation of Chinese leaders who know the great things Japan did for China.
Because when he traveled to Japan to seek the secret of high economic growth, you know, when Deng Xiaoping came to power, he asked the Japanese for that.
And the Japanese didn't have to tell him, but they did.
Not just that, they sent their key guy who was a high-growth 1960s high-growth planner to China.
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