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Explorations - War, Episode 2
Episode 59
Joined by John Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, we explore the strategic dynamics of security competition between st…
Published on 5 hours ago
Currents - Episode 3: President Lee Jae-myung and South Korean Foreign Policy in a time of uncertainty
Episode 58
John Nilsson-Wright talks to Professor Chungin Moon of Yonsei University about the foreign policy of South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung, and how Seoul is handling its ties with both Tokyo and Wash…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Explorations - War, Episode 1
Episode 57
Our first Explorations series takes a deeper dive into the subject of war. In this introductory episode, we begin by tracing the history of war as a concept, from ancient poetry, tragedy, and philoso…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Currents - Episode 2: Trump and the Fourth Estate
Episode 56
John Nilsson-Wright talks to Steve Herman — until recently Voice of America’s Chief National Correspondent — about the Trump administration’s relationship with private and public media organisations …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Currents - Episode 1: Japan’s foreign policy challenges in the new Trump era
Episode 55
John Nilsson-Wright and Suzanne Raine talk to Nobukatsu Kanehara, former assistant chief cabinet secretary to late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (from 2012-2019) and one of Japan’s leading strategic thin…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 54: What just happened?
Episode 54
What just happened? To look back at a momentous month Suzanne Raine and Ali Ansari are joined by Bill Hurst and John Nilsson-Wright. Ali offers his views on Iran, Bill on China, John on Japan and Nor…
Published on 3 months ago
Episode 53: Trump, US Policy & Asia
Episode 53
Suzanne Raine and John Nilsson-Wright talk with Professor John Delury, Sinologist, Korea expert and currently a visiting professor in Rome, about the current state of policy under Donald Trump toward…
Published on 7 months ago
Episode 52: Martial law & repercussions in South Korea
Episode 52
Ali and Suzanne are joined by John Nilsson-Wright, who was in Seoul in early December when President Yoon Suk-yeol moved to declare martial law, to discuss the recent tumultuous events in South Korea…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 51: Revolution in Syria
Episode 51
Ali and Suzanne take stock of the dramatic events in Syria and the implications of the collapse of the Assad regime for Iran, looking at themes common across many revolutions and possible areas to wa…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 50: Trump, China and Iran
Episode 50
Ali and Suzanne are joined by Professor Bill Hurst to look at the implications of Trump's election win on US policy positions towards China and Iran. How might China navigate what America does next?W…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago