Show Notes
In this episode of Interpreting India, Konark Bhandari, speaks with Edward Fishman, author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare, on economic statecraft, how the U.S. built its playbook for economic warfare over time, and what the lessons are for India as it looks to build its own economic resilience.
This episode explores: • What makes something a genuine choke point, and is there a playbook that other countries can actually replicate? • Why were China's rare earth export controls and Iran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz among the most consequential acts of economic warfare in recent months? • Why does the U.S. tend to ratchet up export controls and sanctions incrementally, and what are the consequences of that approach? • What options does India have in an era of geo-economic fragmentation, and where does it stand in the U.S.-China technology competition?
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