Retired US Army Colonel on Ukraine, Taiwan & the state of the US Empire

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In this episode of The Source, we talk with Lawrence Wilkerson, retired Army Colonel and former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, about foreign policy with a focus on Taiwan and Ukraine. Lawrence Wilkerson served in the U.S. Army for 31 years and is now a distinguished professor of Government & Public Policy at William and Mary College.

Interview topics:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
2:53 Indo-Pacific Cold War
6:58 Security & Stability in the Indo-Pacific region
11:30 War in Ukraine: Russia's objectives
17:31 Western Sanctions
22:31 NATO Expansion: Sweden & Finnland
25:13 Ukraine retaking Crimea
28:28 Israel & Palestine
35:54 State of the US Empire

ABOUT LAWRENCE WILKERSON
Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy Lawrence Wilkerson’s last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 as a colonel, and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at the George Washington University. He is currently working on a book about the first George W. Bush administration.

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