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The New Great Game in the Pacific Islands
Jun 30, 2026
46m 01s
The Power Politics behind Xi’s Grand Strategy
Jun 18, 2026
43m 56s
Grand Strategy Down Under
May 26, 2026
53m 23s
A New Security Consensus in South Korea?
May 12, 2026
46m 48s
How Does Southeast Asia View U.S.–China Competition?
May 1, 2026
39m 45s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/30/26 | The New Great Game in the Pacific Islands | In this episode, Mike is joined by Ambassador Laura Stone, who most recently served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands and previously held senior leadership roles at the U.S. Department of State, including Deputy Assistant Secretary for China and Mongolia. They discuss the role that the Marshall Islands and the broader Pacific Islands play in U.S. engagement with the Indo-Pacific, how they factor into U.S.–China strategic competition, and how the United States can work more effectively with its allies and partners to strengthen its approach to the region. | 46m 01s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | The Power Politics behind Xi’s Grand Strategy | This week, Mike hosts Professor Minxin Pei, the Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, and author of the recent book The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism. They discuss how China's political developments since the 1970s, culminating in the rise of Xi Jinping, has shaped U.S.–China relations and strategic competition in Asia. | 43m 56s | ||||||
| 5/26/26 | Grand Strategy Down Under✨ | Australia's National Defence Strategystrategic outlook+4 | Justin Bassi | Australian Strategic Policy Institute | AustraliaCanberra+1 | Australiadefense strategy+5 | — | 53m 23s | |
| 5/12/26 | A New Security Consensus in South Korea?✨ | South Koreasecurity challenges+4 | Dr. Choi Kang | Asan Institute for Policy StudiesU.S.–ROK alliance | South KoreaJapan+1 | South Koreasecurity+5 | — | 46m 48s | |
| 5/1/26 | How Does Southeast Asia View U.S.–China Competition?✨ | U.S.-China competitionSoutheast Asia+3 | Joanne Lin Weiling | ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstituteMassachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies | — | Southeast AsiaU.S.-China relations+3 | — | 39m 45s | |
| 4/7/26 | The Iran War and Strategic Competition in Asia✨ | Iran WarChina-Iran relationship+3 | Evan Medeiros | Georgetown’s School of Foreign ServiceCling Family+1 | IranChina+1 | Iran WarChina+3 | — | 43m 17s | |
| 3/18/26 | Holding the Line: Denial Defense Along the First Island Chain✨ | U.S. strategic thinkingFirst Island Chain+4 | Toshi Yoshihara | Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | United StatesAsia+4 | First Island ChainU.S. strategy+5 | — | 44m 07s | |
| 2/24/26 | Crucial Partners: the Volatile and Indispensable U.S.-India Linkage✨ | U.S.-India relationshipsecurity alignment+3 | Tanvi Madan | Center for Asia Policy StudiesBrookings Institution | — | U.S.-Indiasecurity alignment+3 | — | 53m 20s | |
| 2/10/26 | Taiwan’s Strategic Clarity Amid Global Upheaval✨ | Taiwan's strategic responseChinese foreign policy+3 | I-Chung Lai | The Prospect FoundationDemocratic Progressive Party+1 | TaiwanUnited States+1 | TaiwanPLA+4 | — | 42m 46s | |
| 1/20/26 | Washington’s New China Tech Strategy✨ | U.S.-China relationstechnology competition+4 | Emily Kilcrease | Center for a New American SecurityU.S.+2 | — | China tech strategynational security+4 | — | 37m 07s | |
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| 1/6/26 | Ely Ratner - Does Asia Need a Collective Defense Pact?✨ | collective defenseIndo-Pacific security+4 | Ely Ratner | The Marathon InitiativeClarion Strategies+2 | U.S.Asia | Ely Ratnercollective defense pact+5 | — | 43m 27s | |
| 12/16/25 | The Necessary Deepening of Japan’s Alliances✨ | U.S.–Japan relationsdefense policies+3 | Christopher Johnstone | Center for Strategic and International StudiesThe Asia Group | JapanUnited States | JapanU.S.–Japan relations+3 | — | 45m 57s | |
| 12/2/25 | The IP4 Partners: Where NATO Meets the Indo-Pacific✨ | international securityIndo-Pacific+4 | Elizabeth SaundersLuis Simón+1 | Saltzman Institute of War and Peace StudiesColumbia University+3 | AustraliaJapan+2 | Indo-Pacific FourNATO+6 | — | 50m 33s | |
| 10/21/25 | Trade Policy and U.S. Geopolitical Strategy✨ | U.S. trade policygeopolitical strategy+3 | Barbara Weisel | Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceOffice of the U.S. Trade Representative+1 | Southeast AsiaUnited States | trade policygeopolitical strategy+3 | — | 38m 26s | |
| 10/7/25 |  Amb. Nicholas Burns – Allies, Partners, and the U.S.-China Relationship✨ | U.S.-China relationsdiplomacy+4 | Nicholas Burns | Harvard UniversityCenter for Strategic and International Studies | People's Republic of ChinaU.S.+1 | U.S.-China relationsdiplomacy+5 | — | 40m 07s | |
| 9/23/25 | Kurt Campbell: Reflections on Indo-Pacific Strategy | This week Mike speaks with Kurt Campbell, former Deputy Secretary of State and President Biden’s “Asia Czar.” He is currently Chairman of The Asia Group and Distinguished Fellow in Diplomacy with the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. They discuss the U.S. strategic approach to the Indo-Pacific, the buildup of international security architecture, working in the Biden administration, and the role of technology in geopolitical competition. | 37m 57s | ||||||
| 8/5/25 |  Singapore’s Strategy for a New Indo-Pacific | This week Mike speaks with Ja Ian Chong, Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore. They discuss the lessons and parallels of WWI and WWII for the contemporary Indo-Pacific, the potential for an outbreak of crisis and conflict in the region, the need for Singapore to review its geopolitical strategy, and much more. | 45m 16s | ||||||
| 7/22/25 |  Why Aid Matters to Asia Strategy | This week Mike speaks with Michael Schiffer, former Assistant Administrator of the USAID Bureau for Asia from 2022 to 2025. Prior to that he was Senior Advisor and Counselor to the U.S. Senate Committee of Foreign Relations. They discuss foreign aid and its role in supporting U.S. interests abroad. | 35m 39s | ||||||
| 6/18/25 |  An Indispensable Partner: U.S.-India Relations in the Indo-Pacific | This week Mike speaks with Richard Rossow, an esteemed expert who has focused on U.S.-India Relations for over 25 years. He is currently Senior Adviser and Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. They discuss the activities of the Quad, U.S.-India relations, how India could grow its trade partnership with the United States, and more. | 39m 24s | ||||||
| 6/5/25 |  Russia, the Newest Disrupter in Southeast Asia? | This week Mike speaks with Ian Storey, Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and Editor of the Contemporary Southeast Asia journal. His new book is Putin's Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin's Pivot to Asia and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War and is the first single-authored book on Russia and Southeast Asia to be published since the end of the cold war. It can be found using this link. | 39m 59s | ||||||
| 5/20/25 |  Indo-Pacific Strategy with U.S. Rep. Ami Bera | This week Mike speaks to Congressman Ami Bera, who represents California’s Sixth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Representative Bera is a senior Democrat serving as Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. They discuss the role of Congress in determining U.S. Indo Pacific Strategy. | 30m 59s | ||||||
| 4/29/25 |  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 Security Council and White House Special Advisor on AI. He was also the former Director of the CyberAI Project at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University and has written several influential books. They discuss AI competition between the U.S. and China. | 38m 05s | ||||||
| 4/15/25 | 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 the National Security Council, White House. From 2021-2023 she served as Director for Indo-Pacific Strategy at the National Security Council, where she was responsible for the White House’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. | 47m 25s | ||||||
| 4/1/25 | 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 Defense Policy Board in an advisory role to the secretary of defense. From 2004 to 2007, he served on the National Security Council (NSC) and was responsible for Japan, Korea, Australia/New Zealand, and Pacific Island nations. They discuss South Korea's recently failed coup in 2024, and the future of South Korean international relations in the region. | 34m 58s | ||||||
| 3/18/25 |  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 to 2019. In 2013, he also became the inaugural deputy secretary-general of the National Security Secretariat. He also served as deputy director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office. They discuss Japan's foreign policy and what to expect in the coming years. | 42m 01s | ||||||
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