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Red Flags RisingTariffs: Navigating Uncertainty & Mitigating Enforcement RiskMike & Brent jump into tariffs to focus on practical strategies to navigate these uncertain times and to mitigate the risk of future enforcement actions. Specifically, they discuss what longer-term geopolitical trends help businesses to plot a strategy despite being whipsawed by tariff news each day (01:57), a recent and helpful Foreign Affairs article, by Emily Kilcrease and Geoffrey Gertz of the Center for a New American Security (03:21), the recent book "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare" by Edward Fishman and his description of the "impossible triad" between economic interdependence, economic security, and geopolitical competition (04:21), relevant historical background...
2025-04-2421 min
USSC LiveEconomic security in a turbulent world | Session 7: Technology dynamics, disruption, and de-risking: the security-prosperity nexusOn 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic security in a turbulent world”. Over a day and a half, the conference brought together leading policymakers, business executives, and independent experts from around the world to discuss arguably the defining economic policy debate of our age – how to reconcile security and prosperity in an era of strategic competition and economic interdependence.In session 7, opening remarks were provided by Emily Kilcrease, Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program, Center for a New American Securi...
2024-09-0957 min
The Asia ChessboardCalling Check: Technology Competition with ChinaThis week, Mike and Jude are joined by Emily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics, and Security program at CNAS, who formerly served as deputy assistant U.S. trade representative and National Security Council director for international trade, investment, and development. They begin by examining the limits of U.S. leverage over semiconductor supply chains and how existing advantages are maintained by the continual innovation and investment of U.S. industry. They then discuss the U.S. government’s capacity to use semiconductor manufacturing chokepoints to slow China’s technological development and the recent expansion of U.S. export controls rel...
2023-02-2133 min
A Country Church PulpitGuest Speaker - Mike Kilcrease (Harmony Church)Guest Speaker - Mike Kilcrease (Harmony Church) ~ Manuel Maravilla Opens Service ~ Speech Excerpt - Ronald ReaganSupport the show
2014-05-2543 min