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Taking Stock of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Kurt M. Campbell, Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs in the National Security Council, and Mira Rapp-Hooper, Senior Adviser on China at the U.S. Department of…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Calling Check: Technology Competition with China
This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Emily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics, and Security program at CNAS, who formerly served as deputy assistant U.S. trade representative and National…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Japan Steps Up
This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Christopher B. Johnstone, former National Security Council director for Asia under President Biden and director for Japan and Oceanian affairs under President O…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Balance of Power in Southeast Asia
This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Bilahari Kausikan, Chairman of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, and former Ambassador-at-Large and former Permanent Secretary …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Chinese Statecraft in the Pacific Islands
This week, Mike and Jude sit down with Pete Connolly, a retired officer in the Australian Defence Force and Adjunct Fellow with the Asia Program at CSIS, to discuss Chinese statecraft in the Pacific …
Published on 3 years ago
Unpacking the U.S. National Security Strategy
In this episode of the Asia Chessboard, Mike and Jude are joined by Dr. Gorana Grgic, a jointly appointed Senior Lecturer at the Department of Government and International Relations and the United St…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
India’s Evolving Partnerships
This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Manjari Chatterjee Miller, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), to take a deep look into India’s evolvin…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Xi's Rule and Risks
This week, Mike and Jude sit down with Bates Gill, Head of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, to discuss his recent book, Daring to Struggle: China's Global A…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
The Legacy of Shinzo Abe
This week, Mike welcomes new co-host, Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, to interview Mike on the strategic and political legacy of Shinzo Abe, following the assassination of th…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Pawn or King: The Future of the IPEF and Economic Statecraft in Asia
This week, Mike is joined by Wendy Cutler, Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute, to unpack President Biden’s economic strategy towards the Indo-Pacific and his May 2022 trip to Asia. T…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago