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How does Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cognitive warfare manifest in the West? How prevalent is it? And how can Americans recognize it?

There are few who understand this elusive subject better than Robert Spalding. The CEO of Sempre, Spalding is a retired Air Force brigadier general and B-2 stealth bomber pilot, former senior director of strategy at the National Security Council, and author of “War Without Rules: China’s Playbook for Global Domination.”

“We have these enormous political warfare and psychological warfare campaigns happening in the United States. We have nobody that's responsible for responding to them,” he says.

In this episode, he breaks down how the CCP is influencing Americans and weaponizing resources like rare earths. And he explains why key vulnerabilities in America’s networks could be exploited in devastating ways.

CHAPTERS
0:00:00 Introduction and Overview of Political Warfare in the US
0:01:00 Trump’s Approach to China and Evolution of US Trade Policy
0:04:00 Free Trade, National Security, and Economic Policy
0:08:55 Wealth Disparity, Gini Coefficient, and CCP Economic Tactics
0:10:03 Rare Earths, Leverage, and US Strategic Vulnerabilities
0:14:52 Good Faith vs. Bad Faith in US-China Relations
0:18:44 CCP’s Unrestricted Warfare and Social Media Influence
0:26:12 CCP’s Use of US Media and Academic Institutions
0:31:00 Information Control, Cognitive Warfare, and US Vulnerabilities
0:37:20 TikTok, Social Media, and Influence Operations
0:39:03 Media Narratives, Corporate Influence, and CCP Leverage
0:42:58 Military-Civil Fusion and Systemic Differences
0:48:12 Centralization of Power and Information in the US and China
0:49:30 The CCP as a “Third Party” in American Politics
0:52:08 US Political Parties’ Engagement with the CCP
0:56:18 Misunderstandings in US-China Political Interactions
0:58:03 B2 Bombers, Military Doctrine, and the Iran Strike
1:04:52 Hardening US Digital Infrastructure: The Semper Project
1:12:19 Practical Deployment of Resilient Communication Networks
1:18:19 Military Applications and Civilian Benefits of Hardened Networks
1:22:43 AI, Counter-Drone Capabilities, and Societal Resilience
1:24:04 Surveillance, Privacy, and Constitutional Values
1:26:02 Final Reflections on Preserving American Values and Security

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