Inflection EP05: US Provokes China Over Taiwan

Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.

This week we discuss US provocations toward China over Taiwan and the long-term viability of this strategy.

We also discuss the recent US-Russian summit and the US/G7 "Build Back Better World" initiative to challenge China's One Belt, One Road.

News:

CNN - 5 takeaways from the summit between Biden and Putin:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/16/politics/takeaways-from-biden-and-putin-summit/index.html
Reuters - Russia monitoring talk of Turkish military base in Azerbaijan, says Kremlin:
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-monitoring-talk-turkish-military-base-azerbaijan-says-kremlin-2021-06-18/
The Wall Street Journal - Turkish-Backed Syrian Fighters Join Armenian-Azeri Conflict:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkish-backed-syrian-fighters-join-armenian-azeri-conflict-11602625885
BBC - Russia's Putin: US agents gave direct help to Chechens:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32487081
The Atlantic - The Arab Spring: 'A Virus That Will Attack Moscow and Beijing':
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/the-arab-spring-a-virus-that-will-attack-moscow-and-beijing/248762/

White House - FACT SHEET: President Biden and G7 Leaders Launch Build Back Better World (B3W) Partnership:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/12/fact-sheet-president-biden-and-g7-leaders-launch-build-back-better-world-b3w-partnership/
Millennium Challenge Corporation - Social Inclusion in MCC’s Mongolia Compact: Affordable Water for all in Ulaanbaatar:
https://www.mcc.gov/blog/entry/blog-042821-social-inclusion-in-mongolia-water-compact
Wikileaks - BURMA: GRASSROOTS OPPOSITION TO CHINESE-BACKED DAM IN NORTHERN BURMA:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10RANGOON30_a.html

Main Topic:

Reuters - Pushing against China, U.S. lawmakers plan pro-Taiwan bill:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pushing-against-china-us-lawmakers-plan-pro-taiwan-bill-2021-06-16/
Reuters - Sweeping bill to counter China introduced in U.S. House:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sweeping-bill-counter-china-introduced-us-house-2021-05-25/
Reuters - Senate Democrat proposes $52 billion for U.S. chips production, R&D:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/senate-democrat-proposes-52-billion-us-chips-production-rd-2021-05-18/
Forbes - The Countries With The Most STEM Graduates [Infographic]:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/02/the-countries-with-the-most-stem-graduates-infographic/?sh=513915cb268a
US International Trade Administration - Taiwan - Country Commercial Guide:
https://www.trade.gov/knowledge-product/taiwan-market-overview#:~:text=China%20is%20Taiwan's%20largest%20trading,Hong%20Kong%20(6.7%20percent).
Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity - Taiwan:
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore?country=249&product=undefined&year=2018&tradeDirection=import&productClass=HS&target=Partner&partner=undefined&startYear=undefined

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