Beijing’s naval power projection and nuclear buildup challenge core US interests

China’s naval expansion and growing nuclear capabilities directly challenge US vital interests, Mark Helprin says, and American strategic thinking and policy must play catch-up. See the summary of Helprin’s observations and listen to our four-part podcast with the distinguished writer and scholar.

MARK HELPRIN, Novelist, journalist and conservative commentator, Senior fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Latest book Paris in the Present Tense (2017):

• The current state of the U.S. nuclear arsenal
• How the “three body problem” can be applied to nuclear dynamics
• Why we must pay attention to China’s nuclear capabilities

(PART TWO):

• Why China will never fully disarm
• The disparities between Chinese and U.S. weapons capabilities
• Would a comprehensive U.S.-Beijing arms control treaty ever be impactful?

(PART THREE):

• Beijing’s naval power projection capabilities
• Why missile defense is a key factor in restoring deterrence
• Consequences of Beijing’s militarization of the South China Sea

(PART FOUR):

• Implications of Xi Jinping’s One Belt One Road Initiative
• How China continues to cripple the West
• America’s supply-chain dilemma in China