The Most Dangerous Moment: A Debate on America’s Role in the Pacific | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

<p><a href='https://www.aei.org/profile/dan-blumenthal/'>Dan Blumenthal</a> is the director of Asian studies at the American Enterprise Institute. During the administration of President George W. Bush, he served in the Department of Defense. Blumenthal’s most recent book is <a href='https://www.amazon.com/China-Nightmare-Grand-Ambitions-Decaying/dp/0844750301'>The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State</a><a href='https://www.amazon.com/China-Nightmare-Grand-Ambitions-Decaying/dp/0844750301'>.</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.themarathoninitiative.org/'>Elbridge Colby</a> is a founder of the new think tank the Marathon Initiative. During the administration of President Donald Trump, he served in the Department of Defense. Colby’s most recent publication is <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1701372918&amp;sr=8-1'>The Strategy of </a><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1701372918&amp;sr=8-1'>Denial</a><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1701372918&amp;sr=8-1'>: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict</a><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1701372918&amp;sr=8-1'>.</a></p> <p>In this wide-ranging conversation, Colby and Blumenthal discuss what the United States and its allies can do practically to deter China’s expansion in the South China Sea and its aggression toward Taiwan.</p>