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Rethinking U.S. Strategy on the Chessboard with Mike O’Hanlon
This week, Mike is joined by Mike O’Hanlon, senior fellow and director of research in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, to discuss his new book, “The Art of War in an Age of Peace,” and ho…
Published on 4 years, 6 months ago
Europe and the Asia Chessboard
This week, Mike is joined by Eva Pejsova, Senior Japan Fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and Luis Simon, Director of the CSDS at th…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
King of the Chessboard? Xi Jinping and the Future of China’s Grand Strategy
This week, Mike is joined by Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and senior fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, to explore the evolu…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Dead Draw or Winning Position? Reassessing U.S. China Strategy on the Chessboard
This week, Mike is joined by Ashley Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to re-evaluate U.S. China strategy and determine what…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Trading Places: America, Japan and Regional Trade on the Chessboard
This week Mike is joined by Mireya Solis, director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, and a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, to…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
A Game Winning Piece? The Dalai Lama and Geopolitics of Tibet
This week, Mike is joined by Asia and human rights expert Ellen Bork, contributing editor at American Purpose, to discuss the geopolitics of Tibet and what it means for the Asia Chessboard. The two b…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Public Opinion and the Asia Chessboard: Views from the U.S. and Abroad
This week Mike is joined by Bruce Stokes, fellow at the German Marshall Fund, to discuss U.S. public attitudes about the world, and how the world sees the U.S. leadership role abroad, especially afte…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
The Great Power Gambit: U.S. and China in Southeast Asia
This week, Mike is joined by David Shambaugh, the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies at George Washington University, to discuss his new book, “Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Sout…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Journey to the Center of the Board: Geopolitical Lessons from Mongolia
This week, Mike is joined by Ganbat Chuluunkhuu, Managing Director at RVJ Capital, as they journey to the middle of the chessboard to discuss Mongolia’s role in the Asia-Pacific region. Ganbat dives …
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
A New Game? Domestic Political Change and U.S. Strategy
This week, Mike is joined by Tom Wright, director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at the Brookings Institution, to…
Published on 5 years ago