China's threat to American prosperity

American Moment Priority #5: China and the elites who enabled its rise, are generational threats to American prosperity.

Guests Elbridge Colby, Michael Stumo, Brendan Carr, and David P. Goldman discuss the Chinese threat — geopolitically, technologically, and with trade — on Moment of Truth.

Will Great Powers War Once More? (feat. Elbridge Colby)

Elbridge Colby is co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, a policy initiative focused on developing strategies to prepare the United States for an era of sustained great power competition. He is the author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict (Yale University Press), which The Wall Street Journal selected as one of the top ten books of 2021. Previously, Colby was from 2018-2019 the Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, where he led the Center’s work on defense issues.

Will China Collapse? (ft. David Goldman)

David P. Goldman is deputy editor of Asia Times, a Washington Fellow of the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life, and author, most recently, of You Will Be Assimilated: China’s Plan to Sino-Form the World (Bombardier Books).

Why Chinese 5G and Missile Silos Don’t Mix (feat. Commissioner Brendan Carr)

Commissioner Brendan Carr is the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, and he served previously as the agency’s General Counsel. Described by Axios as “the FCC’s 5G crusader,” Carr has led the FCC’s work to modernize its infrastructure rules and accelerate the buildout of high-speed networks. His reforms cut billions of dollars in red tape, enabled the private sector to construct high-speed networks in communities across the country, and extended America’s global leadership in 5G.

Biden's Build Back Beijing Plan (feat. Michael Stumo)

Michael Stumo is the Chief Executive Officer of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). CPA is a national bipartisan organization including agriculture, manufacturing and organized labor. CPA works for policies to balance U.S. trade, create jobs and achieve broadly shared prosperity. CPA represents the interests of over 4.1 million households through its association and company members. Previously, Michael was a lawyer and litigator at Brignole, Bush and Lewis (Hartford CT) and Domina Law (Omaha NE). He was general counsel for the Organization for Competitive Markets focusing upon agriculture and antitrust. Michael holds a B.S. from Iowa State University in Agriculture (high distinction) and a law degree from the University of Iowa (high distinction). He lives on a farm in southwest Massachusetts with his wife, Nadia, where they raised three children.