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Hooked: Exploring Drug Prohibition and Norms in Asia with Prof. Diana Kim
In the twentieth episode of The Asia Chessboard, Mike is joined by Georgetown Professor Diana Kim to discuss Diana's new book, Empires of Vice, a look at how colonial administrations came to ban drug…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Coronavirus Crisis: Talking the Pandemic's Effects on Asian Geopolitics with Evan Medeiros
With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through the Asia Chessboard economically and geopolitically, Mike is joined by Dr. Evan Medeiros of Georgetown University to discuss what the viral crisis porte…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Deep Freeze: The Arctic's Role on the Asia Chessboard with Heather Conley
With climate change creating new sea routes through the Arctic circle, China is making moves to assert navigation and scientific rights in the region. Mike is joined by CSIS Senior Vice President for…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Talking Indonesia with Dr. Dino Djalal
Lynchpin of ASEAN and sitting astride some of the globe’s most important sea lines of communications, Indonesia is a critical part of the Asia Chessboard. Mike is joined by former Indonesian ambassad…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Free to Move: Talking Democracy on the Asia Chessboard with Derek Mitchell and Dan Twining
As strategic competition between the U.S. and China heats up, old Cold War-era questions on the importance of values are being asked anew: to what extent does ideology, democracy in particular, facto…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Exploring Abe's Role on the Chessboard with Professor Yuichi Hosoya
Mike sits down with Keio University professor Yuichi Hosoya to discuss one of the longest-tenured players on the Asia chessboard, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mike and Yuichi kick off the epis…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
The Post-INF Chessboard with Tom Karako
In the first episode of 2020, Mike is joined by Tom Karako, Senior Fellow with the CSIS International Security Program and Director of the Missile Defense Project. Mike and Tom tackle the new hard po…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
The Chessboard Down Under
Mike is joined in this episode by Patrick Buchan, director of the U.S. Alliances Project and Fellow for Indo-Pacific security at CSIS. Buchan is also a former official with the Australian Department …
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
Trading Pieces
Amid the on-again, off-again trade deal with China and roiling protests in Hong Kong, Mike is joined by Ambassador Kurt Tong, partner at The Asia Group, former Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau, …
Published on 6 years ago
Perfect Partners or a Perfect Storm?
On July 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging Sue Mi Terry with violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The indictment alleges activities that took place…
Published on 6 years ago