The Avoidable War | Kevin Rudd

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We welcomed former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to discuss his book The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China (Hachette 2022) with CIS executive director Tom Switzer.
The relationship between the US and China, the world’s two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who has lived and worked in China for more than 40 years. The Avoidable War demystifies the actions of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. Geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls “managed strategic competition”. Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world.
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@noahbanks7684 Жыл бұрын

I was in the audience this night. What you don't see in this video because of the cut at

@lizgichora6472 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your conversation and thorough analysis on War, foreign policy Kevin Rudd and Tom Switzer.

@stevec9470 Жыл бұрын

Australians have great sense of humour at times. My 2 cents explanation on why China intend to resume normal trade with Australia is because this gives an opportunity for the newly Australian prime minister to reshape Australian foreign policies on China. Many of the wolf warrior diplomacy are just verbal, it is just like Australian social behaviour so called “have a go at each other”:)

@milkiasgebreyesus2202 Жыл бұрын

I still cannot pinpoint what Mr. Rudd stands for or what his prescription is vis-a-vis this issue.

@87gob54 Жыл бұрын

The chinese have infiltrated a lot of Australia from the top down. I have always liked Kevin Rudd, and I still do, but it is easy to see he has a big soft spot for China.

@iznon

And John Mearsheimer was 100% correct in his assement of China.

@jasonvanleuven2669 Жыл бұрын

Excellent discussion with Rudd.

@arjalanarayan Жыл бұрын

Yes

@budawang77 Жыл бұрын

Rudd is an impressive public intellectual who is highly respected internationally. It's a pity he isn't appreciated more in his home country.

@netizencapet Жыл бұрын

Kevin, I followed the mining superprofits tax campaign closely since the coup against you took you from leadership in 2010. You rearticulated the idea in 2021, but my only criticism is that you didn't fight harder and double down even more on the issue, including when out of office. We (non-Russians) all admire Gorbechev, but it's what he failed to do AFTER his tenure in power that truly defines his failures as a public figure. Revisit the policy that lobbyists couldn't let you get away with.... make it your legacy yet.

@lc9488 Жыл бұрын

Wolf warrior diplomacy was a short term reaction to the incessant verbal attacks by the West ,primarily America.

@JIANGTG Жыл бұрын

The military conflict between U.S. and China is inevitable. It is a matter of time. It is important to note that the initiation of war is definitely not from China. Looking back the history of Vietnam war can fully understand the root cause of the disaster...