On ASPI's podcast, host Kelsey Munro speaks to USSC senior fellow Charles Edel about US-China tensions and the US policy approaches towards China. They discuss how the strong rhetoric on China coming out of Washington offers a distraction from US domestic political failings ahead of the upcoming elections.
Defence7 August 2020
US policy approaches towards China
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Dr Charles Edel
Senior Adviser and Australia ChairCenter for Strategic and International Studies