The Asia Chessboard

Center for Strategic and International Studies

The “Asia Chessboard” features in-depth conversations with the most prominent strategic thinkers on Asia.

  • 41 minutes 14 seconds
    Deciphering Seoul's Indo-Pacific Tilt

    Mike hosts Jina Kim, Dean of Language and Diplomacy Division at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, to discuss South Korea's foreign policy and strategy in the Indo-Pacific.

    5 December 2024, 4:30 pm
  • 43 minutes 45 seconds
    The Exit Interview

    This week Mike hosts Jude for a final goodbye episode to get Jude's synopsis of the China watching fields ability to understand China, what they have rightly predicted, what has been missed, Beijing's politics, and many other topics discussed in previous episodes.


    12 November 2024, 2:39 pm
  • 39 minutes 27 seconds
    Myanmar After the Coup

    This week Mike and Jude are joined by Aaron Connelly, Asia diplomatic editor and senior Asia correspondent at The Economist, where he writes about geopolitics and security across Asia. They discuss his recent Adelphi Series book New Answers to Old Questions: Myanmar Before and After the 2021 Coup D’État.

    29 October 2024, 2:31 pm
  • 40 minutes 50 seconds
    US-China Relations From the Inside

    This week Mike and Jude are joined by Rick Waters, managing director of Eurasia Group's China practice. Rick previously served as the US State Department's top China policy official, overseeing the creation of the Office of China Coordination, informally known as the China House, and concurrently serving as deputy assistant secretary of state for China and Taiwan.


    1 October 2024, 7:28 pm
  • 32 minutes 58 seconds
    Kiwi Crossroads: Navigating New Zealand’s Strategic Landscape

    This week Mike and Jude are joined by David Capie, Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies and Professor of International Relations at the Victoria University of Wellington. They discuss New Zealand’s transitioning approach to its regional relationships.

    17 September 2024, 8:16 pm
  • 37 minutes 3 seconds
    Malaysia’s Path in a Contested Asia

    This week Mike is joined by Elina Noor, Senior Fellow for the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. They discuss Malaysia’s approach to geopolitics and outlook for the future.

    5 September 2024, 8:01 pm
  • 36 minutes 39 seconds
    Debating America’s “Pivot” to Asia

    This week Mike and Jude are joined by joined by Robert D. Blackwill, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Richard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). They discuss their new book Lost Decade: The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power (June 2024, Oxford University Press).

    6 August 2024, 7:18 pm
  • 40 minutes 48 seconds
    The View from INDOPACOM

    This week Mike and Jude are joined by join Lt. General Stephen Sklenka, USMC, Deputy Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. They discuss deterrence and the current state of play in the Indo-Pacific region.

    24 July 2024, 4:26 pm
  • 40 minutes 15 seconds
    NATO and the Indo-Pacific

    This week Mike and Jude are joined by Benedetta Berti, Director of Policy Planning in the Office of the Secretary General at NATO, whose areas of expertise include human security, internal conflict, integration of armed groups, post-conflict stabilization, and peacebuilding among others. They discuss NATO’s developing perspectives on the Indo-Pacific region.

    9 July 2024, 11:00 am
  • 39 minutes 4 seconds
    How Will Taiwan's New Leader Govern?

    This week Mike and Jude are joined by Kathrin Hille to discuss Taiwan after the inauguration of Taiwanese President Lai, and what it means for the United States. Kathrine Hille is the Greater China Correspondent at the Financial Times, where she covers Taiwan, regional security, and hardware technology.  

    25 June 2024, 1:29 pm
  • 37 minutes 5 seconds
    How Demographics Impact Security in the Indo-Pacific

    This week, Mike and Jude meet with Andrew Oros to discuss demographic shifts in Asia and how those shifts affect the geostrategic balance in the region. Andrew Oros is Professor of Political Science and International Studies, and the Director of the International Studies Program at Washington College. 

    12 June 2024, 7:44 pm
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