World Focus from Brussels
The World Focus from Brussels podcast covers international politics, defence, security, culture and anything else of global interest. Policy analyst and reporter Sveinn Helgason dives into the latest on the international scene, speaking with experts and all sorts of people. In a challenging security environment it has never been as important to understand the world we live in, listening to top experts analysis. World Focus from Brussels gets to the heart of the matter, wherever an interesting story needs to be told and provides the necessary background. You can find World Focus from Brussels on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Global Military Power in the Making - the Chinese PLA - An interview with Ole Kværnø
China’s military – the People’s Liberation Army – aims to be world class by mid century, equal to the United States military. The PLA has already added massive capabilities, such as enlarging the navy and is also preparing for intelligentized warfare through developing and analyzing AI – Artificial Intelligence. Brigadier General Ole Kværnø, was a contributor to a conference on 2 October organized by the Centre for Military Studies at the University of Copenhagen, about the Chinese military. General Kværnø returned home late summer from Beijing where he had been the Danish military attaché for the past four years. He says that major changes have occurred in the posture and strategy of the PLA which is now focused on global reach while also being able to fight and win potential wars in the region, for example over Taiwan. That of course adds to an already tense China-US relationship. For information on the conference see here: https://cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/cms-conference-chinas-military---present-and-future-/