November 05, 2021

The Malacca Dilemma: Growing Chinese Military Power

In this week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Thomas Shugart, adjunct senior fellow with the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the implications of growing Chinese military power.

Listen to the full conversation from War on the Rocks.

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