CDR Salamander - When the PRC is on Your Board, with James Robbins - on Midrats

Anyone who matters in the national security arena is familiar with the industrial espionage waged by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) against the West—from unsecured networks to the graduate schools of our best research institutions.

Most are also aware of the PRC’s penetration of our supply chains and production floors.

What if they didn’t have to do that because they simply, well, owned the companies?

The Chinese Communist Party is very good at using the capitalist system against itself—using access and leverage against the West in ways the PRC would never allow foreign companies to operate on its shores.

Follow the money, as the saying goes. There is a lot of money moving around, and that money buys shares. If you own enough shares—as we’ve discussed before—you control who sits on the board of directors. When you control the board, you control the company.

How much of a danger is this issue in the West?

Returning to the Midrats Podcast this Sunday from 5-6 p.m. Eastern will be Dr. James S. Robbins.

You can join LIVE at this link.

If you are reading this after the show, check the Substack page later Sunday night for all the podcast links.

We will use his recent article in Real Clear Defense, Beijing’s Trojan Yacht, as a starting point for our conversation.

Jim serves as the Senior Vice President for Research and Business Development at IWP. He is a national security columnist for USA Today and Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council.

Dr. Robbins is a former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and in 2007 was awarded the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award.

He is also the former award-winning Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at The Washington Times. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and other publications. He appears regularly on national and international television and radio.

Dr. Robbins holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and has taught at the National Defense University and Marine Corps University, among other schools. His research interests include terrorism and national security strategy, political theory and military history.

Dr. Robbins is the author of five books, including The Real Custer: From Boy General to Tragic Hero, This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive, and the critically acclaimed Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point.

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