This week we hear from U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes who discussed his recent trip to Myanmar and what the White House is watching for in the November 8 elections with Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…Read more →
This week Bonnie Glaser, Director of the CSIS China Power Project, joins to analyze the U.S. Navy’s recent freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea and to assess China’s reaction. Then Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie…Read more →
In this week’s episode, we hear from President Park Geun-hye of South Korea about the future of the U.S.-Korea alliance and then Foreign Minister Julie Bishop of Australia joins to discuss current geopolitical environment from Australia’s perspective with CSIS Senior…Read more →
In this week’s episode, we discuss the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with CSIS’s Matthew Goodman and Scott Miller. Scott and Matt talk through the geostrategic implications and political path ahead for TPP. Then CSIS Korea Chair Dr.…Read more →
In this episode we take a broader look at the Asia Pacific’s economic and security architecture. Dr. Evan Medeiros, former senior director for Asia affairs at the National Security Council, now the Managing Director for Asia at the Eurasia Group,…Read more →
This week Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie Bower joins to analyze Singapore’s general election returns and discuss the future direction of the country’s democracy and foreign policy. Hosted by Colm Quinn. Audio edited by Sam Ellis. Produced by…Read more →
Following a friction filled period between North and South Korea, negotiators from the two neighbors reached a surprise agreement which has allowed for a deescalation of rising military tension. CSIS Korea Chair Dr. Victor Cha joins to discuss how the…Read more →
Our feature interview this week covers Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s statement of August 15, the seventieth anniversary of Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. CSIS Senior Vice President and Japan Chair Dr. Michael Green joins to discuss the statement’s…Read more →
CSIS Sumitro Chair Senior Fellow Murray Hiebert talks with Deborah Elms, Executive Director of the Asia Trade Center in Singapore, about the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the future of trade integration in the Asia Pacific. Then CSIS Sumitro…Read more →