Why America's next war may begin on a small tourist island

Guam, an island in the northern Pacific, is just 48km long and has a population of about 170,000. So why is it so important to America’s strategy to defend Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion? 00:00 - Where is Guam? 00:13 - Why is it so important? 01:00 - What makes it vulnerable? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Guam, where America’s next war may begin: https://econ.st/47lP9WN America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states: https://econ.st/47of0xd How the Pentagon thinks about America’s strategy in the Pacific: https://econ.st/3tG49RG Read more of our US coverage: https://econ.st/4aRvOj4 Read more of our China coverage: https://econ.st/3S9G6nC