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Podcast: New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast
Episode: China: On the Road to Perdition?
Description: Is China’s leadership acting out of strength or weakness? Is war possible? Is war avoidable?
Under President Xi Jinping, China has shown a growing willingness to act outside the accepted geopolitical, economic and even diplomatic global framework and practices. Indeed, Beijing’s actions suggest a rejection of the post war system in favor of one that is not just rejiggered to accommodate China’s growing superpowers, but that is dominated by it.
The latest data points? President Xi did not show up at COP 26; reports from Glasgow suggest the Chinese have been playing a spoiling role in the...