Podcast Episodes

Is AI a Game Changer in U.S.-China Competition?

This week Mike speaks to Ben Buchanan, Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and former Director for Technology and National Security on the National Secur…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific Legacy

This week Mike joins Mira Rapp-Hooper, a political scientist and expert on the Indo-Pacific who formerly served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania at …

Published on 8 months ago

South Korean Tumult and Strategic Direction

This week Mike joins Victor Cha, President OF Geopolitics and

Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair at CSIS. From 2021 to 2025, he was appointed

by Joseph R. Biden administration to serve on the De…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Abe's Legacy and Japan's Next Moves

This week Mike joins Nobukatsu Kanehara, Professor at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Mr. Kanehara previously served as assistant chief cabinet secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 t…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Schemes and Scam Inc. in Southeast Asia

Mike hosts Sue-Lin Wong, the Economist’s Southeast Asia correspondent. She was formerly a China correspondent for The Economist and host of The Prince, a multiple award-winning Economist podcast seri…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Technology Competition: The New Great Game

Mike hosts Tarun Chhabra, former Coordinator for Technology and National Security on the Biden administration’s National Security Council. He was also formerly the NSC Director for Strategic Planning…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

How Long Will Deterrene Hold?

Mike hosts Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors. She is also former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where sh…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

War over Taiwan in 2027?

Mike hosts Bonnie Glaser, Managing Director for the German Marshall Fund’s Indo-Pacific program, and co-author of the recent book US-Taiwan Relations: Will China’s Challenge Lead to a Crisis? (Brooki…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

Beyond Competing: The Security Treadmill

Mike hosts Nadia Schadlow, former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy in the Trump administration and current Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and Co-Chair of the Hamilton Commiss…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

The Philippines in the Asia Dojo

This week Mike hosts Richard Heydarian, Senior Lecturer at the University of the Philippines Asian Center and author of, among others, Asia’s New Battlefield (2015, Bloomsbury) & The Indo-Pacific: Tr…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago