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