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Shanghai Stock Exchange. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shanghaistockexchange.jpg">Heurik (CC)</a>

AUG 15, 2017 Podcast

Scott Kennedy of CSIS: Worst Case Scenarios for China's Economy

After four decades of stellar growth, where is China's economy headed today? "In the last few years not only has the economy slowed down, but ...

Beijing, 2009. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdan/3892648306/">Dan</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

AUG 10, 2017 Podcast

Stratfor's Rodger Baker on the Rebalancing of World Politics and Asia

"I think the biggest impact of Donald Trump's presidency, particularly in Asia-Pacific, has been the concept of uncertainty," says Baker, citing the lack of a ...

Yangshan Port, near Shanghai. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yangshan-Port-Balanced.jpg">Marqueed (CC)</a>

AUG 8, 2017 Podcast

Ziad Haider: U.S.-Asia Economic Ties Under Trump

In this post-TPP world where the U.S. has taken a step back from Asia, the vacuum is being filled by China's initiatives, such as ...

"Baker" explosion, part of U.S. military's Operation Crossroads. Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, July 1946. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg">U.S. Deptartment of Defense</a>

AUG 4, 2017 Podcast

Scott D. Sagan on the Nuclear Necessity Principle

Major changes must be made if U.S. nuclear war plans are to conform to the principles of just war doctrine and the law of ...

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AUG 3, 2017 Podcast

Michele Wucker on when the Gray Rhino Hits Asia

Michele Wucker describes a gray rhino as the "love child of the black swan and the elephant in the room." In other words, "it's a ...

UN Protection of Civilians site in Wau, South Sudan. April 2017. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unmissmultimedia/33774399210">UNMISS</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

AUG 2, 2017 Podcast

Amnesty International's Sarah Jackson on the Crisis in South Sudan

Since South Sudan's civil war broke out in late 2013, soldiers on both sides have been using rape and other forms of sexual violence on a ...

Shibuya District, Tokyo. CREDIT: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya#/media/File:Shibuya_District_at_Night_2015-04_(17806976882).jpg">IQRemix (CC)</a>

AUG 1, 2017 Podcast

George Friedman: The End of the International Order and the Future of Asia

Tired of conventional wisdom? Check out geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. The period that began at the end of World War II was a freak, he ...

Shanghai, June 2018. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/46362496092">Trey Ratcliff</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JUL 27, 2017 Podcast

Meredith Sumpter: The "G-Zero" World Hits Asia

"First and foremost, a G-zero is a world in which no one country has dominant power or can influence the international system of governance," explains ...

JUL 25, 2017 Podcast

General Donald Bolduc on the U.S. War in Afghanistan

In this inspiring interview, Brig. Gen. Bolduc discusses his time in Afghanistan and his assessment of the situation there as well as in Africa, where ...

JUL 21, 2017 Podcast

Alexander Klimburg on "The Darkening Web: The War for Cyberspace"

In the West we view cyber threats as largely a technical issue, while in Russia and China they see it in terms of propaganda, information ...