Ross Douthat

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4,896 appearances 23 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 27 Aug

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Interesting Times · Iran, China, Canada? A Defense of Trump’s Grand Strategy · 23 Jul 2026 podcast

foreign policy should be oriented around deterrence against potential Chinese aggression in the Pacific. voice-verified

So that's that's the backdrop to anything someone says to you about China. voice-verified

But so what is then the structural reality in terms of the actual balance of power? voice-verified

How is it different from 2016? voice-verified

So you're more optimistic about America's economic advantages than you would have been voice-verified

But then how does that affect our defense strategy? voice-verified

Denial means, in practice, denying a great power adversary the ability to seize and hold the key territory of the designated ally and partner. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

So there were reports last summer. voice-verified

There have been a lot of stories about you in the press, which I may reference occasionally over the course of this conversation. voice-verified

One such report said that you were pushing allies to clarify their own approach in the event of Chinese aggression. voice-verified

Does that mean, as you've said in this interview, the United States is famously strategically ambiguous in our own approach to what might happen if China were to attack Taiwan? voice-verified

Are we asking our allies to be less ambiguous than we are ourselves? voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

Last question on East Asia that will connect to questions about the Middle East, right? voice-verified

Which is, I have had any number of people watching what's gone on in the Middle East with the Iran conflict, right? voice-verified

With attacks on our bases, their missile attacks and so on, say, look, in the event of a conflict with China, the United States position right now is just untenable, that our voice-verified

Our bases and aircraft carriers around China are just not going to survive, you know, day one to 20 of a conflict. voice-verified

And we will effectively have to fight our way back into the Pacific theater in that in that kind of scenario. voice-verified

Whatever is happening with an actual Chinese invasion of Taiwan. voice-verified

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