A weekly discussion of the geopolitical implications of current events in the Asia-Pacific, hosted by Ankit Panda from The Diplomat, with regular guests.
The Geopolitical Implications of the UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands Deal
10/18/2024 • 12 minutes, 6 seconds
Feminism and Geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific
9/24/2024 • 17 minutes, 43 seconds
Geopolitics and the Murky World of Foreign Agents
9/13/2024 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: 3 Years On
8/27/2024 • 13 minutes, 55 seconds
Geopolitics and Political Tumult in Bangladesh
8/13/2024 • 12 minutes, 54 seconds
The 2024 US Election Spins Up: Implications for Asian Geopolitics
7/29/2024 • 21 minutes, 6 seconds
Vietnam’s Foreign Policy After Nguyen Phu Trong
7/24/2024 • 14 minutes, 42 seconds
The Future of Cross-Strait Ties Under a Lai Presidency in Taiwan
6/29/2024 • 20 minutes, 4 seconds
A New Russia-North Korea Strategic Partnership: Geopolitical Implications for Asia
6/22/2024 • 18 minutes, 27 seconds
Putin Goes to Beijing: Where the Russia-China Relationship Stands in 2024
5/21/2024 • 23 minutes, 8 seconds
Taking Stock of Russia-Central Asia Relations in 2024
5/18/2024 • 13 minutes, 34 seconds
The US-Japan Alliance After the Biden-Kishida 2024 Summit
4/25/2024 • 14 minutes, 14 seconds
India’s 2024 General Elections and Geopolitics
4/25/2024 • 19 minutes, 6 seconds
What to Look For Out of the US-Japan-Philippines Summit
3/28/2024 • 13 minutes, 53 seconds
How the US Sees Threats in Asia in 2024
3/16/2024 • 15 minutes, 2 seconds
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Recognition, Security, and Geopolitics
2/27/2024 • 17 minutes, 42 seconds
Reflections on a Decade in Asian Geopolitics
2/23/2024 • 18 minutes, 29 seconds
North Korea, Korean Unification, and the Prospects of a 2024 Crisis
1/23/2024 • 16 minutes, 57 seconds
The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan’s 2024 Elections
1/19/2024 • 14 minutes, 51 seconds
Asian Geopolitics in 2023: A Retrospective (Part 1)
12/20/2023 • 20 minutes, 57 seconds
Asian Geopolitics in 2023: A Retrospective (Part 2)
12/20/2023 • 24 minutes, 57 seconds
Biden Meets Xi in San Francisco: Managing Competition
11/21/2023 • 17 minutes, 13 seconds
South China Sea Flashpoints: The Second Thomas Shoal Crisis
11/4/2023 • 14 minutes, 49 seconds
Central Asian States and Great Power Geopolitics
10/14/2023 • 16 minutes, 37 seconds
Why India’s Relations With Canada Are Strained
10/4/2023 • 19 minutes, 15 seconds
The Putin-Kim Summit: What’s Driving North Korea and Russia Together?
10/3/2023 • 17 minutes, 36 seconds
The US and Vietnam Upgrade Their Relationship: Drivers and Consequences
9/14/2023 • 17 minutes, 16 seconds
The Camp David US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Meeting
8/26/2023 • 18 minutes, 56 seconds
What’s Driving US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation in 2023?
7/29/2023 • 16 minutes, 1 second
Central Asia Update: US Sanctions on Kyrgyz Firms, and the Wagner Rebellion
7/22/2023 • 16 minutes
Modi Comes to Washington: Geopolitics and the Drivers of the US-India Relationship
7/11/2023 • 18 minutes, 43 seconds
The Shangri-La Dialogue Hits 20 Years With US-China Tensions at the Center
6/8/2023 • 19 minutes, 50 seconds
Takeaways From the 2023 Hiroshima G7 Summit
5/23/2023 • 18 minutes, 49 seconds
A New China-Central Asia ‘Blueprint’?
5/20/2023 • 20 minutes, 57 seconds
The Washington Declaration and the US-South Korea Alliance
4/29/2023 • 18 minutes, 5 seconds
Turbulence in the Taiwan Strait: The New Normal
4/14/2023 • 19 minutes, 43 seconds
The AUKUS Partners Explain Their Phased Approach. What Are the Risks?
3/24/2023 • 19 minutes, 33 seconds
What’s Driving South Korea’s Debate on Acquiring Nuclear Weapons
2/22/2023 • 17 minutes, 8 seconds
The Diplomat Magazine Hits Issue 100
2/22/2023 • 15 minutes, 8 seconds
What the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Incident Tells Us About US-China Relations
2/7/2023 • 25 minutes, 59 seconds
The Drivers and Consequences of Vietnam’s January 2023 Political Shake-Up
1/27/2023 • 17 minutes, 43 seconds
A New Defense Era: Japan’s 2022 National Security Strategy
1/6/2023 • 17 minutes, 20 seconds
Asian Geopolitics in 2022: A Retrospective
12/28/2022 • 25 minutes, 28 seconds
China’s Late-2022 Protests: ‘Zero-Covid’ At the Breaking Point?
12/3/2022 • 25 minutes, 18 seconds
The G20, APEC, and ASEAN Summits: Taking Stock of November 2022 Diplomacy in Asia
11/22/2022 • 21 minutes, 26 seconds
What’s Driving Inter-Korean Tensions in Autumn 2022?
11/10/2022 • 20 minutes, 54 seconds
It’s Xi’s China: Takeaways From the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Party Congress
10/25/2022 • 29 minutes, 8 seconds
The Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy and Asia
10/19/2022 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
The Most Important Shanghai Cooperation Summit Ever?
9/23/2022 • 25 minutes, 10 seconds
North Korea’s Updated Nuclear Law Points At a Dangerous Nuclear Future
9/19/2022 • 17 minutes, 41 seconds
Pakistan’s Flooding Underscores Climate Risks in South Asia
8/31/2022 • 18 minutes, 25 seconds
A Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis or an Inflection Point for the Status Quo?
8/17/2022 • 24 minutes, 21 seconds
No End in Sight: 18 Months of Military Rule in Myanmar
7/27/2022 • 25 minutes, 27 seconds
Abe Shinzo’s Enduring Legacy on Geopolitics in Asia
7/19/2022 • 20 minutes, 25 seconds
NATO’s Madrid Summit and the Interlinkages Between European and Asian Security
6/29/2022 • 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Takeaways From the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue
6/15/2022 • 20 minutes, 2 seconds
What Is the Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework About?
6/1/2022 • 19 minutes, 51 seconds
The Geopolitical Consequences of China’s Solomon Islands Pact
5/18/2022 • 20 minutes, 34 seconds
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons for Taiwan
4/29/2022 • 27 minutes, 13 seconds
Continuity and Change in Pakistani Politics: The End of Imran Khan and What’s Next
4/16/2022 • 29 minutes, 27 seconds
North Korea Returns to ICBM Testing
3/26/2022 • 19 minutes, 44 seconds
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Geopolitical Ripples in Asia
3/10/2022 • 26 minutes, 27 seconds
The Biden Administration Releases an Indo-Pacific Strategy: Reading Between the Lines
2/18/2022 • 26 minutes, 44 seconds
Elusive Balances: Shaping US Southeast Asia Strategy
2/12/2022 • 26 minutes, 10 seconds
North Korea Picks Up the Pace on Missile Tests
1/29/2022 • 16 minutes, 12 seconds
Causes and Consequences of Kazakhstan’s January 2022 Unrest
1/11/2022 • 24 minutes, 6 seconds
2021 in Asian Geopolitics: A Retrospective
12/18/2021 • 31 minutes, 37 seconds
Taiwan Strait Geopolitics and Violence in the Solomon Islands
12/11/2021 • 27 minutes, 28 seconds
Biden, Xi, and the Importance of Guardrails in the US-China Relationship
11/20/2021 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Continuity and Flux in Central Asia: Elections in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
11/4/2021 • 24 minutes, 28 seconds
The Shifting Nature of India-China Relations
11/1/2021 • 29 minutes, 34 seconds
The Inter-Korean Missile Race Picks Up the Pace
10/15/2021 • 31 minutes, 27 seconds
AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific: Geopolitics, Technology, and Deterrence
9/28/2021 • 28 minutes, 24 seconds
The Biden Administration and US-China Relations in 2021
9/9/2021 • 26 minutes, 58 seconds
The Fight for Afghanistan’s Future
8/6/2021 • 17 minutes, 22 seconds
The Legacy of the South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal Ruling, Five Years On
7/27/2021 • 27 minutes, 45 seconds
Southeast Asia, Geopolitics, and China’s Vaccine Diplomacy
7/21/2021 • 17 minutes, 27 seconds
India’s Economy After the Pandemic
6/28/2021 • 17 minutes, 58 seconds
India and China, One Year After the Galwan Clash
6/16/2021 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Emerging Military Technologies and a Future Taiwan Strait Conflict
5/28/2021 • 27 minutes, 30 seconds
Afghanistan After US Withdrawal
5/14/2021 • 27 minutes, 50 seconds
Understanding North Korea’s Fuel Smuggling Networks in East Asia
4/14/2021 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
China’s Maritime Militia at Whitsun Reef: Trouble in the South China Sea
4/3/2021 • 17 minutes, 6 seconds
The ‘Quad’ Summit: Delivering Value in the Indo-Pacific
3/17/2021 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
The US-ROK Alliance in 2021: Back on Track?
3/12/2021 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
The Disengagement at Pangong Lake: What Happens Now Between India and China?
2/25/2021 • 25 minutes, 12 seconds
Myanmar After the 2021 Coup: Internal Security and Geopolitical Consequences
2/5/2021 • 27 minutes, 26 seconds
The Indian Army’s Pivot to the North
1/26/2021 • 18 minutes, 34 seconds
Elections in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: What Next?
1/14/2021 • 20 minutes, 32 seconds
Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Coming Biden Presidency
12/17/2020 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
South Asia and the Coming Biden Presidency
12/1/2020 • 30 minutes, 24 seconds
Southeast Asia and the Coming Biden Presidency
11/20/2020 • 27 minutes, 17 seconds
China and the Coming Biden Presidency
11/14/2020 • 27 minutes, 20 seconds
Denuclearization, Diplomacy, and Beyond: North Korea Plans for 2021
10/29/2020 • 31 minutes, 3 seconds
The Pandemic and Power Shifts in Asia
10/20/2020 • 29 minutes, 35 seconds
Trouble in Kyrgyzstan: Assessing the October 2020 Crisis
10/9/2020 • 17 minutes, 36 seconds
India’s Illiberal Turn and the Indo-Pacific
10/3/2020 • 27 minutes, 58 seconds
Southeast Asia Caught Between the US and China
9/25/2020 • 24 minutes, 10 seconds
Assessing Abe Shinzo’s Geopolitical Legacy
9/9/2020 • 40 minutes, 50 seconds
Space Security and Geopolitical Competition in the Asia-Pacific
9/3/2020 • 26 minutes, 2 seconds
Stalemate in the Himalayas: India-China Relations in 2020
8/26/2020 • 29 minutes, 36 seconds
Patents for Power: Defense Technology and Intellectual Property Law
8/13/2020 • 31 minutes, 26 seconds
How Does China View the Notion of a New ‘Cold War’?
8/7/2020 • 26 minutes, 53 seconds
US-India Ties Amid the Eastern Ladakh Crisis and the Pandemic
7/29/2020 • 24 minutes, 26 seconds
Making Sense of the 2020 US South China Sea Policy Update
7/15/2020 • 19 minutes, 4 seconds
The Origins and Drivers of Australia’s 2020 Defense Strategic Update
7/11/2020 • 23 minutes, 59 seconds
Making Sense of Japan’s Decision to Scrap Aegis Ashore Missile Defense
6/26/2020 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
The Origins of 2020’s Inter-Korean Tensions
6/16/2020 • 29 minutes, 52 seconds
Afghanistan Update: Is the February 2020 US-Taliban Deal Making Headway?
6/13/2020 • 19 minutes, 43 seconds
Fingers, Boots, and Lines: Understanding the 2020 India-China Border Tensions
6/5/2020 • 29 minutes, 4 seconds
Will China’s Upcoming National Security Law Mark the End of an Autonomous Hong Kong?
5/29/2020 • 19 minutes, 36 seconds
Assessing the Indian Government’s Response to COVID-19
5/22/2020 • 26 minutes, 31 seconds
Friends and Enemies: Making Sense of the CCP’s Overseas Political Interference
5/13/2020 • 47 minutes, 38 seconds
Making Sense of Vietnam’s Suspected COVID–19 Cyber Espionage on China
5/8/2020 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Nuclear Risk Reduction: Pathways in the Asia-Pacific
4/23/2020 • 34 minutes, 26 seconds
17+1 and Beyond: Understanding China’s Growing Footprint in Central and Eastern Europe
4/21/2020 • 27 minutes, 47 seconds
South China Sea: What’s Behind China-Vietnam Tensions Amid COVID–19?
4/10/2020 • 21 minutes, 30 seconds
North Korea’s March 2020 Return to Missile Testing: Hard Times Ahead?
4/2/2020 • 24 minutes, 34 seconds
Japan’s Postponement of the Olympics: What Next?
3/28/2020 • 32 minutes, 14 seconds
Making Sense of Malaysia’s 2020 Political Tumult
3/19/2020 • 21 minutes, 57 seconds
COVID-19: A Major Global Geopolitical Shock
3/13/2020 • 31 minutes, 9 seconds
Afghanistan After Trump’s Taliban Deal: What Next?
2/29/2020 • 19 minutes, 20 seconds
Did Trump’s India Visit Keep the US-India Relationship on Track?
2/27/2020 • 36 minutes, 5 seconds
Between Effectiveness and Control: Civil-Military Relations in India
2/20/2020 • 27 minutes, 54 seconds
The Philippines Moves to End US Visiting Forces Agreement: What Happens Next?
2/13/2020 • 21 minutes, 28 seconds
Asia Reacts to the Coronavirus Epidemic
2/6/2020 • 27 minutes, 5 seconds
5G and Risk Mitigation: Asia’s Huawei Conundrum
1/30/2020 • 30 minutes, 47 seconds
How Asians See the World in 2020: Insights From Public Opinion
1/23/2020 • 27 minutes, 3 seconds
South China Sea: Indonesia’s Natuna Sea Dilemma With China
1/18/2020 • 27 minutes
How Asia Will Make Sense of Trump’s Strike on Iran’s Soleimani
1/8/2020 • 25 minutes, 42 seconds
Taiwan Heads to the Polls: What Are the Geopolitical Stakes?
1/7/2020 • 21 minutes, 42 seconds
Asia in 2020: Trends, Risks, and Geopolitics
12/24/2019 • 36 minutes, 1 second
2019 in Asian Geopolitics: A Year of Change
12/12/2019 • 30 minutes, 15 seconds
Kim Jong Un‘s End-of-2019 Deadline Approaches: What Lies on the Other Side?
12/4/2019 • 24 minutes, 55 seconds
The Return of Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas and Geopolitics
11/28/2019 • 19 minutes, 2 seconds
Trump Year Three: The State of US Alliances in Asia
11/9/2019 • 20 minutes, 27 seconds
RCEP, CPTPP, and the Future of Trade Multilateralism in Asia
11/9/2019 • 23 minutes
The 2019 US-ASEAN Summit: A Diplomatic Blunder?
11/6/2019 • 18 minutes, 45 seconds
India’s Economic Headwind Problem and Rising Nationalism
10/22/2019 • 30 minutes, 17 seconds
The NBA, Blizzard, and Beyond: Free Expression, Censorship, and China’s Global Reach
10/12/2019 • 28 minutes, 11 seconds
North Korea-US Talks: The Clock Ticks Down to New Year’s 2020
10/9/2019 • 29 minutes, 11 seconds
The Significance of China’s 70th Anniversary Military Parade
10/4/2019 • 21 minutes, 55 seconds
The Significance of the US-Singapore Basing Access Agreement’s Renewal
9/25/2019 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
Taiwan Loses Another Diplomatic Ally: Onward Without the Solomon Islands?
9/18/2019 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
US-North Korea Diplomacy: A Fall 2019 Return to Talks?
9/11/2019 • 25 minutes, 28 seconds
US Withdrawal From Afghanistan: Close to a Deal?
9/7/2019 • 25 minutes, 16 seconds
The Significance of South Korea’s Decision to Terminate an Intelligence-Sharing Pact With Japan
8/31/2019 • 21 minutes, 18 seconds
Toward a US-China ‘Steady State’: Assets, Liabilities, and Great Power Competition
8/20/2019 • 30 minutes, 32 seconds
How Will Hong Kong’s 2019 Pro-Democracy Protests End?
8/16/2019 • 30 minutes, 31 seconds
Two Rivals Clash: Understanding Kyrgyzstan’s Political Crisis
8/14/2019 • 17 minutes, 35 seconds
Kashmir After Article 370: Instability, Unrest, and Geopolitics
8/10/2019 • 30 minutes, 20 seconds
Where Is the US-North Korea Process Heading in the Final Months of 2019?
8/1/2019 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, and Asia’s Changing Geopolitics
7/30/2019 • 29 minutes, 51 seconds
Hun Sen’s Big Bet: Making Sense of China’s Second Overseas Military Base
7/24/2019 • 24 minutes, 34 seconds
Danny Russel on Improving China’s Belt and Road and Japan-South Korea Tensions
7/16/2019 • 37 minutes, 50 seconds
Export Controls, History, and Geopolitics: Making Sense of the Japan-South Korea Crisis
7/11/2019 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
ASEAN Takes a Stand on the ‘Indo-Pacific’
7/6/2019 • 20 minutes, 51 seconds
Why the Third Trump-Kim Summit Won’t Crack the Case on Denuclearization
7/3/2019 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
When Xi Went to Pyongyang: Making Sense of Sino-North Korean Relations in 2019
6/26/2019 • 29 minutes, 13 seconds
Making Sense of Asia’s Balance of Power in 2019
6/15/2019 • 30 minutes, 1 second
The 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue: Reflections on Great Power Rivalry and the Indo-Pacific
6/6/2019 • 34 minutes, 36 seconds
Modi’s Second Term, Asian Geopolitics, and Indian Foreign Policy
5/30/2019 • 21 minutes
Huawei, Tech Decoupling, and Great Power Competition
5/17/2019 • 26 minutes, 22 seconds
North Korea First Missile Test in More Than 500 Days: A Harbinger of Greater Tension?
5/9/2019 • 19 minutes, 14 seconds
What Does the Second Belt and Road Forum Say About the Health of China’s Initiative?
5/4/2019 • 26 minutes, 21 seconds
Easter Day Terror in Sri Lanka: Geopolitical Implications
4/25/2019 • 21 minutes, 32 seconds
Where to Next for US-North Korea Talks?
4/12/2019 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
Mission Shakti and Beyond: Breaking Down India’s Anti-Satellite Test
4/2/2019 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Kazakhstan’s Transition: Nazarbayev Steps Down, But He’s Not Out
3/27/2019 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
White Nationalist Terrorism in the Indo-Pacific: The Threat After Christchurch
3/23/2019 • 20 minutes, 7 seconds
Allied Assurances and Credibility: The United States, the Philippines, and the South China Sea
3/15/2019 • 25 minutes, 43 seconds
The Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit: The Origins of a ‘No Deal’ Outcome
3/6/2019 • 37 minutes, 54 seconds
Why the Indian Air Force Strike at Balakot in Pakistan Matters
2/27/2019 • 19 minutes, 25 seconds
After the Pulwama Attack: Causes, Effects, and Lessons Learned
2/22/2019 • 25 minutes, 47 seconds
Why Turkey Is Finally Speaking Out on the Plight of China’s Uyghurs
2/13/2019 • 20 minutes, 56 seconds
Two Alliances in Trouble: Managing the US-Philippine and US-South Korea Alliances in 2019
1/24/2019 • 21 minutes, 55 seconds
Assessing the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act
1/19/2019 • 21 minutes, 11 seconds
How Trump and Kim Brought the World to the Brink
1/8/2019 • 30 minutes, 27 seconds
Looking Back on 2018 in Asian Geopolitics
12/27/2018 • 35 minutes, 44 seconds
5 Asian Flashpoints to Watch in 2019
12/22/2018 • 28 minutes, 28 seconds
5 Asian Elections to Pay Attention to in 2019
12/14/2018 • 23 minutes, 16 seconds
Where Does India’s Neighborhood Policy Stand As 2018 Comes to a Close?
12/7/2018 • 30 minutes, 31 seconds
What the APEC 2018 Summit Reveals About China’s Regional Economic Insecurities
11/22/2018 • 19 minutes, 29 seconds
Reviewing the 2018 ASEAN and East Asia Summits
11/17/2018 • 21 minutes, 7 seconds
Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Crisis: Where It Came From and How It’ll Affect Regional Geopolitics
10/31/2018 • 19 minutes
US INF Withdrawal, Archipelagic Defense, and Managing the China Challenge
10/24/2018 • 31 minutes, 43 seconds
‘Indispensable and Irreplacable’: Taiwan in an Era of US-China Competition
10/23/2018 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Are the United States and China Really Entering a ‘New Cold War’?
10/18/2018 • 33 minutes, 2 seconds
The 73rd General Assembly and Asia
10/2/2018 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Reviewing the Fifth Inter-Korean Summit: Denuclearization, Military CBMs, and More
9/29/2018 • 32 minutes, 54 seconds
Five Years Later: Reviewing China’s Belt and Road Initiative
9/15/2018 • 28 minutes, 40 seconds
The Linkages Between China’s Global Military Ambitions and the Belt and Road Initiative
9/6/2018 • 22 minutes, 26 seconds
What’s Causing the Slow Breakdown in US-North Korea Talks?
8/30/2018 • 25 minutes, 37 seconds
The Geopolitical Implications of Imran Khan’s Rise in Pakistan
8/23/2018 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
Taking Stock of the ASEAN-China South China Sea Code of Conduct Process
8/15/2018 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Central Asia Update: Islamic State in Tajikistan and the Trial of Sayragul Sauytbay in Kazakhstan
8/4/2018 • 26 minutes, 31 seconds
Understanding India’s Place in Asia’s Shifting Geoeconomic Order
7/24/2018 • 32 minutes, 52 seconds
Democracy and Geopolitics in Southeast Asia
7/21/2018 • 18 minutes, 7 seconds
Assessing South Korea’s Role as an Indo-Pacific Middle Power
7/12/2018 • 30 minutes, 43 seconds
The Geopolitical Significance of Anti-China Protests in Vietnam
6/26/2018 • 15 minutes, 30 seconds
When Trump Met Kim: Assessing the First US-North Korean Summit
6/13/2018 • 29 minutes, 51 seconds
Reflections on the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue: What’s the Indo-Pacific Anyway?
6/7/2018 • 30 minutes, 37 seconds
Trump Cancels the June 12 Summit With Kim Jong Un: What Now?
5/25/2018 • 18 minutes, 24 seconds
The Geopolitical Implications of Malaysia’s Election Earthquake
5/18/2018 • 20 minutes, 6 seconds
What Is the Nature of Power in the Asia-Pacific and Who Wields It?
5/11/2018 • 19 minutes, 34 seconds
Conventional Deterrence in the Asia-Pacific Region
5/6/2018 • 28 minutes, 48 seconds
Making Sense of the Third Inter-Korean Summit: What It Means and What Comes Next
5/4/2018 • 25 minutes, 51 seconds
Abe in Mar-a-Lago, Round 2: Where the US-Japan Relationship Stands
4/19/2018 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Understanding How China Chooses to Coerce and Influence US Partners and Allies
4/13/2018 • 25 minutes, 23 seconds
Indo-Pacific ‘Nexus’: Why Southeast Asia and ASEAN Matter to Australia
3/22/2018 • 22 minutes, 8 seconds
How to Make the Most of a Historic Trump-Kim Summit (If It Happens)
3/14/2018 • 30 minutes, 45 seconds
What China’s Elimination of Presidential Term Limits Does and Doesn’t Mean
3/6/2018 • 23 minutes, 4 seconds
Indian Ocean Update: The Crisis in the Maldives and India’s Play at Duqm
2/28/2018 • 24 minutes, 31 seconds
South China Sea Update: The Philippine-China Tick-Tock and the Royal Navy’s Interest in Freedom of Navigation
2/23/2018 • 25 minutes, 49 seconds
Inter-Korean Rapprochement in Early 2018: Geopolitical Implications and Alliance Dynamics
2/16/2018 • 21 minutes, 56 seconds
Analyzing North Korea’s 2018 Military Parade: The Missiles and the Launchers
2/10/2018 • 29 minutes, 53 seconds
Who’s Afraid of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific?
2/7/2018 • 26 minutes, 17 seconds
INS Arihant and the Agni V: A Look at Recent Developments in India’s Nuclear Forces
1/24/2018 • 23 minutes, 48 seconds
East China Sea Update: A Chinese Submarine Off the Senkakus and an Oil Spill
1/19/2018 • 18 minutes, 17 seconds
Will Trump’s Lash-Out Against Pakistan Succeed Where Other US Presidents Failed?
1/12/2018 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Asian Geopolitics in 2018: What to Worry About and What to Expect
1/4/2018 • 33 minutes, 39 seconds
North Korea’s Hwasong-15 and the Odds for Diplomacy in 2018
12/15/2017 • 28 minutes, 27 seconds
Tracking Trump’s First Trip to Asia, Part 2: China, Vietnam, APEC, Philippines, ASEAN, EAS, and the ‘Quad’
11/15/2017 • 36 minutes, 16 seconds
Tracking Trump’s First Trip to Asia, Part 1: Japan and South Korea
11/9/2017 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
ASEAN Defense Collaboration and ASEAN’s Relations With North Korea
11/3/2017 • 16 minutes, 34 seconds
Welcome to the Xi Jinping Show: Chinese Foreign Policy After the 19th Party Congress
11/3/2017 • 24 minutes, 42 seconds
Trump Goes to Asia: Everything You Need to Know
10/18/2017 • 30 minutes, 19 seconds
South Korea in the Storm: Managing the US Alliance and North Korea
10/4/2017 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
The Story of How Japanese Politics Got Shaken Up in 2017
10/3/2017 • 31 minutes, 32 seconds
Malaysia’s Foreign Policy in Asia: Punching Above Its Weight?
9/20/2017 • 18 minutes, 41 seconds
What’s Behind the 2017 Rakhine State Crisis in Myanmar?
9/9/2017 • 26 minutes, 25 seconds
North Korea Launches a Ballistic Missile Over Japan: First Impressions and Analysis
8/29/2017 • 16 minutes, 30 seconds
South China Sea Update: Assessing the Latest Chinese Maritime Activity Near Thitu Island
8/26/2017 • 20 minutes, 37 seconds
Will the US Learn to Accept the Reality of North Korea’s Nuclear-Tipped Missiles?
8/19/2017 • 24 minutes, 4 seconds
Assessing ASEAN’s Geopolitical Relevance After 50 Years
8/5/2017 • 18 minutes, 50 seconds
Elections, Scandals, and Resignations: Can Shinzo Abe Survive in Japanese Politics?
7/29/2017 • 16 minutes, 6 seconds
Maritime Asia Update: Malabar 2017, India’s Project 75I Sub, and EEZ Surveillance
7/27/2017 • 22 minutes, 37 seconds
One Year After the South China Sea Arbitration Award, Has China ‘Won’?
7/22/2017 • 24 minutes, 8 seconds
North Korea’s Hwasong-12 and Hwasong-14 Missiles
7/18/2017 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 49 seconds
Understanding the India-China Standoff at Doklam
7/15/2017 • 27 minutes, 55 seconds
The Drug War, the South China Sea, and Terrorism in Mindanao: Reviewing Duterte’s First Year
7/12/2017 • 25 minutes, 57 seconds
North Korea’s Hwasong-14 ICBM: What Is It and Why Does It Matter?
7/7/2017 • 31 minutes, 50 seconds
What Did Narendra Modi’s First Meeting With Donald Trump Reveal About US-India Ties?
6/28/2017 • 27 minutes, 33 seconds
The Taipei-Beijing ‘Diplomatic Truce’ Crumbles: What Next for Taiwan?
6/21/2017 • 25 minutes, 59 seconds
India and Pakistan Join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization At Last. So What?
6/15/2017 • 28 minutes, 49 seconds
Reflections on the 2017 Shangri-La Dialogue: Whither the Rules-Based Order in Asia?
6/9/2017 • 28 minutes, 23 seconds
From China’s New Aircraft Carrier to Malabar 2017: Naval Update in the Asia-Pacific
5/18/2017 • 25 minutes, 54 seconds
A Liberal Triumphs in South Korea: Who Is Moon Jae-in?
5/13/2017 • 31 minutes, 54 seconds
One Belt, One Road, One Hegemon? The Geopolitics of China’s OBOR Initiative
5/12/2017 • 25 minutes, 20 seconds
Where Are US-ASEAN Ties Headed in the Trump Era?
5/6/2017 • 23 minutes, 26 seconds
Go First and Go Nuclear: Assessing North Korea’s Emerging Nuclear Strategy
4/30/2017 • 27 minutes, 9 seconds
Solid Fuel, Canisters, ICBMs, and Tracked TELs: What North Korea Is up to With Its Missiles
4/18/2017 • 33 minutes, 37 seconds
Why the Debate Over India’s Nuclear Doctrine Matters
4/5/2017 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
France as a 21st Century Asia-Pacific Power: Hard Interests and Direct Engagement
3/31/2017 • 24 minutes, 9 seconds
Why North Korea May Define US-China Relations in the Trump Era
3/24/2017 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds
What Is Japan’s Regional Threat Environment and Defense Strategy?
3/10/2017 • 30 minutes, 25 seconds
Ahok, the Jakarta Gubernatorial Race, and the Future of Indonesian Islam
2/24/2017 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
Pukkuksong-2: Why North Korea’s New Solid-Fuel Ballistic Missile Matters
2/17/2017 • 26 minutes, 2 seconds
What the Trump-Turnbull Call Tells Us About the Future of US Alliances in Asia
2/3/2017 • 17 minutes, 58 seconds
What’s In Store For US-China Relations Under President Donald Trump?
1/25/2017 • 42 minutes, 38 seconds
South Asian Strategic Stability and Pakistan’s Babur-3 Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
1/14/2017 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
Understanding Sri Lanka, Two Years After Sirisena Defeated Rajapaksa
1/11/2017 • 24 minutes, 58 seconds
8 Years Later: Understanding the Obama Administration’s Asia-Pacific Legacy
1/6/2017 • 41 minutes, 57 seconds
Obama’s Asia-Pacific Legacy: Assessing Policy Toward Maritime Challenges and the North Korea Threat
12/16/2016 • 38 minutes, 6 seconds
US Defense Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific: What Obama and Carter Will Leave Trump and Mattis
12/9/2016 • 31 minutes, 46 seconds
Making Sense of Donald Trump’s Early Asia Moves: Taiwan, China, Pakistan, and the Philippines
12/7/2016 • 37 minutes, 20 seconds
The ‘Pivot’ Gets Trumped: The Asia-Pacific Under President Trump
11/10/2016 • 37 minutes, 29 seconds
Everything You Wanted to Know About South Korea’s ‘Choi-Gate’
11/8/2016 • 24 minutes, 55 seconds
China’s 6th Plenum: Why You Should Care
11/5/2016 • 32 minutes, 41 seconds
Philippine Foreign Policy Under Rodrigo Duterte: Geopolitical Tectonic Shifts?
10/26/2016 • 27 minutes, 52 seconds
Thailand After King Bhumibol Adulyadej: Succession, Civil-Military Relations, and Geopolitics
10/20/2016 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Crossing the Line of Control: What’s Next for Kashmir After India’s ‘Surgical Strikes’?
10/4/2016 • 18 minutes, 37 seconds
Uzbekistan After Islam Karimov: What to Expect
9/27/2016 • 26 minutes
Mongolia: Northeast Asia’s Hidden Geopolitical Player
9/24/2016 • 20 minutes, 59 seconds
Uri, Kashmir, and Beyond: India’s Strategic Options in Dealing With Cross-Border Terror