Asia Geopolitics
A weekly discussion of the geopolitical implications of current events in the Asia-Pacific, hosted by Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz from The Diplomat, with regular guests.
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Episodes (263)
Inside North Korea’s 9th Party Congress
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What the US-Iran War Means for Asia
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Is China Conducting Secret Nuclear Weapons Tests?
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The Downfall of Zhang Youxia
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Venezuela: Trump, Geopolitics, and the View from Asia
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2025: A Trumpian Year of Geopolitical Shifts in Asia
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Dissecting Trump’s Remarkably Odd US National Security Strategy
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Don’t Call it a Deal Just Yet: South Korea to Pursue Nuclear-powered Submarines
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A Busy Month for Central Asian Multilateralism
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The State of US Asia Policy in the Trump Era, With Special Guest Jim Sciutto
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Inside China’s Struggle for Influence in Central Asia
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Under New Leadership, What’s Next for Japan?
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Escalating Tensions, Fresh Clashes on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border
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Inside the Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea
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Strategic Alliances: The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Mutual Defense Pact
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What’s Really Behind Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution?
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What Actually Mattered at China’s Big Military Parade?
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South Korea’s Lee Hits the Road to Japan and the United States
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Geopolitical Ripple Effects: US-Russia, China-India, and More
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Reviewing Thailand and Cambodia’s July 2025 Border Skirmish
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A Trade ‘Deal’ and a Historic Election: What’s Next for Japan?
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The Geopolitics of the Second China-Central Asia Summit
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What Does South Korea’s New Progressive Administration Portend for Northeast Asi...
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France as a ‘Resident Power’ in the Pacific
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The India-Pakistan Clashes of 2025: Why Things Are Different (And More Dangerous...
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Asia’s New Nuclear Age
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Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Asian Geopolitics
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Trump, Tariffs, and America’s Global Messaging
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Duterte in The Hague: The Philippines and the Geopolitics of International Law
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Is the United States Relitigating Its Grand Strategy?
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DeepSeek and the AI Competition
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Trump 2.0 in America: Geopolitical Ripples Across Asia and the World
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The Biden Administration’s Asia Legacy
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South Korea’s Martial Law Crisis: Geopolitical Implications and Beyond
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Central Asian Militaries and Asian Geopolitics
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America First, Again: US-China Relations and the Second Trump Administration
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America First, Again: Asian Geopolitics and the Second Trump Administration
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A New China-India Border Deal?
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The Geopolitical Implications of the UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands Deal
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Feminism and Geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific
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Geopolitics and the Murky World of Foreign Agents
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Afghanistan Under the Taliban: 3 Years On
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Geopolitics and Political Tumult in Bangladesh
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The 2024 US Election Spins Up: Implications for Asian Geopolitics
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Vietnam’s Foreign Policy After Nguyen Phu Trong
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The Future of Cross-Strait Ties Under a Lai Presidency in Taiwan
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A New Russia-North Korea Strategic Partnership: Geopolitical Implications for As...
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Putin Goes to Beijing: Where the Russia-China Relationship Stands in 2024
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Taking Stock of Russia-Central Asia Relations in 2024
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The US-Japan Alliance After the Biden-Kishida 2024 Summit
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