SRS #209 The 🇨🇳 China / 🇹🇼 Taiwan Conflict | Erik Prince & Erik Bethel

Erik Prince is an American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL, and the founder of Blackwater, a private military company established in 1997. A graduate of Hillsdale College, Prince heads Frontier Resource Group, a private equity firm, and promotes economic development in emerging markets. He hosts the podcast Off Leash with Erik Prince, launched in 2023, and founded Unplugged, a privacy-focused smartphone company. Prince, a vocal advocate for privatizing military operations and deregulation, has been linked to controversial arms deals and Trump-era political operations.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
0:34 Taiwan's Historical Context
05:31 China's Modern History and Economic Policies
08:38 Surveillance and Social Control in China
17:35 Governance and Economic Systems
24:42 China's Belt and Road Initiative
46:54 Geopolitical Concerns: Taiwan and China
1:31:47 Taiwan's Defense Strategy
1:35:45 Cybersecurity Threats
1:53:25 Unrestricted Warfare
1:55:14 Fentanyl Crisis as a Weapon
1:59:43 American Innovation and Resilience
2:08:59 Global Implications of Taiwan's Fall
2:15:30 Conclusion and Call to Action

Erik Bethel is a General Partner at Mare Liberum, a fund focused on sustainability and national security in the maritime domain. He is a global finance professional with experience in the private and public sectors. In 2020, he was nominated to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Panama. Previously, he was nominated by the President and confirmed unanimously by the Senate to represent the United States at the World Bank. At the World Bank, Erik participated in the analysis and deployment of over $100 billion of capital in the developing world through grants, loans, equity investments, and other financial products. Previously, Erik spent over twenty years working as an investment banker and private equity professional at Franklin Templeton Investments, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley. Erik earned a BS in economics and political science from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on several Boards, including the United States Naval War College Foundation, is a Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and is an Advisor to Oxford Analytica - a geopolitical think tank. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin.

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