• Episode 35: The Americans Who Would Be on the Frontline of a War in the Pacific

  • By: Peter L. Bergen
  • Narrated by: Peter L. Bergen
  • Dec 19 2023
  • Length: 35 mins
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Episode 35: The Americans Who Would Be on the Frontline of a War in the Pacific

By: Peter L. Bergen
Narrated by: Peter L. Bergen
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  • In the summer of 2022, the United States military ran a major training exercise to prepare to respond if its ally Taiwan gets invaded by China. Central to the strategy: the tiny American island of Guam, the westernmost part of the United States, where the U.S. has more than doubled defense spending in recent years. But not everyone on Guam is convinced that all this additional military buildup, meant to deter China, will ultimately make them safer. As one legislator put it, it’s like the island has “a bullseye” on it. So how did this tropical island become central to U.S. strategy in the Pacific?
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