Michael Auslin On Spying And National Security

Published: December 11, 2018

Countries spy on each other in order to better understand the challenges that exist between them. While the US and China know that they spy on each other, China has infiltrated the US in ways that even the Soviet Union was unable to achieve. In order to manage that challenge, it is critical to first understand the scope of their infiltration. 

This video’s audio is excerpted from Michael Auslin’s talk at the 2018 Hoover Institution Spring Retreat. 

Additional Resources

• Listen as Michael Auslin argues that despite the best hopes of other analysts, China’s economic convergence with the West won’t be followed by an embrace of Western values and institutions. A more realistic view, he explains, reveals a China that is resolute in its own political model and engaged in a fierce competition with the West that extends beyond the economic arena. Available here.
• Read “Michael Auslin: US-China Relationship Entering Uncertain Era,” available here.
• Michael Auslin discusses China's president Xi Jinping in "One Year Ago: Xi becomes Mao," available here.
• In “Spying, Stealing, and Subordination: Dealing with the New China Rules,” Michael Auslin argues that despite the best hopes of other analysts, China’s economic convergence with the West won’t be followed by an embrace of Western values and institutions. Availablere here.
• Read “China vs America: The Espionage Story of Our Time” by Michael Auslin, available here.