Podcasts by Asia Insight

Knitting the Pieces of China’s Emerging Strategy in Africa from 2023-10-10T07:55:37

In this podcast, we highlight the main findings of NBR’s research project "Into Africa: China’s Emerging Strategy,...

Enhancing U.S.-Japan Energy System Resilience amid Shifting Geopolitical Tensions from 2023-10-02T11:56:12

With Japan assuming the G-7 presidency and the United States hosting APEC meetings this year, the two countries are well positioned to lead Indo-Pacific engagement on climate change and energy t...

Myanmar and China’s Fluid Frontier from 2023-08-23T07:16:46

Offering a strategic overview of the relationship between China and Myanmar across history, Ambassador Kelley Currie highlights grey zones, disaggregated sovereignty, fluid frontiers and deeply ...

Assessing U.S. Objectives for APEC 2023 from 2023-04-14T07:03:14

In this episode of Asia Insight, NBR counselor Charles Boustany hosts a discussion on APEC 2023 with Ambassador Robert Holleyman and Shihoko Goto.

NBR is grateful to the Hinrich Foundatio...

Quad Geopolitics: Critical Minerals Competition from 2023-04-06T07:56:52

With many nations aiming for midcentury net-zero emissions targets, massive amounts of critical minerals will be necessary to build the commodities and infrastructure for supporting a lower-carb...

Japan’s Digital Transformation: Industry Advancements and Government Goals from 2023-03-28T12:30:12

In this episode of Asia Insight, NBR’s Doug Strub has conversations with two experts on Japan’s digital transformation (DX). First, Ulrike Schaede discusses digital transformation among Japanese...

”Security” and ”Struggle”: Unpacking China’s 20th Party Congress, Leadership Dynamics, and Strategic Priorities from 2022-10-28T07:32:27

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight, NBR executive vice president Michael Wills hosts a discussion with senior fellow Nadège Rolland an...

Aaron Friedberg on His Book Getting China Wrong from 2022-10-06T11:13:25

In this episode of NBR's Asia Insight, NBR executive vice president Michael Wills hosts a discussion with Aaron Friedberg on his new book China’s Strategic Approa...

China’s Digital Strategy in Action from 2022-04-07T15:26:39

This is the second of three episodes in the Asia Insight podcast miniseries China’s Strategic Approa...

Understanding China’s Digital Strategy from 2022-04-07T15:25:33

This is the first of three episodes in the Asia Insight podcast miniseries China’s Strategic Approac...

Rethinking U.S.-Japan Relations through Policies on Decarbonization from 2022-04-01T12:14:46

Leading up to the 26th United Nations’ Conference of the Parties (COP26), both Japan and the United States laid out ambitious goals to achieve net zero for their respective economies. Notably, J...

Strategic Asia: Marcin Kaczmarski and Elizabeth Wishnick on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine from 2022-03-04T09:44:06

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight, NBR executive vice president Michael Wills speaks with Marcin Kaczmarski, author of the chapter “ Listen

Navigating Tumultuous Times in the Indo-Pacific from 2022-02-04T13:43:50

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight, NBR vice president of research Alison Szalwinski discusses the new book  Listen

Lessons Learned: Disaster Management perspectives from Japan and Taiwan from 2021-11-05T08:53:23

In this Asia Insight podcast, Tom Lutken speaks with T.H. Schee of Open Knowledge Taiwan and Takako Izumi of Tohoku University about the disaster management lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku ...

China’s Shift to Gray-Zone Operations: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance from 2021-07-08T06:31:38

NBR research director Alison Szalwinski interviews Admiral Jonathan Greenert, who holds the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies at NBR. Admiral Greenert discusses the recent...

North Korea in the New Normal: Implications for Regional Security from 2021-06-18T13:33:50

In this episode of Asia Insight, Alison Szalwinski speaks with Stephanie Char about her essay in NBR’s Emerging Voices on the New Normal in Asia series, “ Listen

Power Rivalry in South Asia amid the Pandemic from 2021-04-02T10:51:49

In this episode of Asia Insight, Karolos Karnikis speaks with Bhagya Senaratne about her essay in NBR’s Emerging Voices on the New Normal in Asia series, “ from 2020-12-10T10:18:38

In this episode of Asia Insight, Rachel Bernstein interviews NBR senior fellow Nadège Rolland and other contributors to the NBR Special Report “An Emerging China-Centric Order: China's Vision fo...

A Renewable Alliance: The Future of U.S.-Japan Energy Cooperation from 2020-09-28T08:28:38

In this episode of Asia Insight, Dan Aum interviews senior advisor and research director of NBR’s Energy Security Program Mikkal Herberg. They explore various issues related to the energy relati...

Diplomacy in Decline: How India Is Navigating China's Rise from 2020-09-10T11:38:28

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight, NBR nonresident fellow Arzan Tarapore interviews Manoj Kewalramani and Suyash Desai from the Takshashila Institution to discuss their report “An Indian App...

Promoting Good Governance in the Global Commons through the U.S.-Japan Alliance from 2020-08-06T08:28:54

In this episode of Asia Insight, NBR's senior director of public affairs Dan Aum interviews Dr. Kristi Govella to discuss the opportunities and challenges for U.S.-Japan cooperation in the globa...

Japan's Balancing Act: Alliance Dynamics amid U.S.-China Competition from 2020-03-26T13:44:45

In this episode of Asia Insight, NBR's senior director of public affairs Dan Aum interviews Sheila Smith to discuss her chapter "Japan's Interests in an Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition" ...

U.S.-China Competition for Global Influence from 2020-02-13T08:31:05

In this episode of Asia Insight, NBR’s senior director for public affairs Dan Aum discusses the new volume in the Strategic Asia series, Strategic Asia 2020: U.S.-China Competition for Global In...

Securing the Belt and Road Initiative from 2019-12-13T13:28:12

In this episode of NBR's Asia Insight, NBR and the Daniel Morgan Graduate School host a discussion accompanying the release of NBR's special report, Securing the Belt and Road Initiative: China'...

U.S.-China Strategic Competition from 2019-09-30T12:00:41

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight podcast series, Richard J. Ellings and Aaron L. Friedberg assess the state of the U.S.-China strategic rivalry and underscore the need for the United States...

America's Alliances and Partnerships from 2019-08-28T13:44:44

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight podcast series, Kazutoshi Aikawa and James F. Moriarty discuss the unique relationship between Taiwan and the U.S., assess what makes alliances work best, a...

Trends in Trade, Investment, and Finance from 2019-08-15T13:28:32

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight podcast series, Thomas X. Hammes, Claire Reade, and Michael Beckley analyze globalization trends, U.S.-China trade and investment, and the effects of econom...

Democracy in Asia from 2019-07-17T10:27:09

In this episode of NBR’s Asia Insight podcast series, Daniel Twining, Carolyn Bartholomew, and Tariq Karim examine the recent Hong Kong protests, discuss democratic trends in Asia, and analyze t...

China's Responses to a Changing Security Environment from 2019-06-27T10:02:49

Phillip C. Saunders and Thomas G. Mahnken examine the global ambitions of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the strategic calculation behind PLA's disruptive activities in the region in the...

The Second Belt and Road Forum: Xi's Reassessment and Recalibration of the BRI from 2019-05-15T15:06:05

Dan Aum, director of NBR’s Washington, D.C., Office, interviews NBR Senior Fellow Nadège Rolland and Brookings-Yale Postdoctoral Fellow in Foreign Policy Rush Doshi on the recent Belt ...

Ambitions and Constraints: China’s Vision to Shape the Indo-Pacific Region with Ashley Tellis, Alison Szalwinski, and Michael Wills from 2019-02-11T15:46:10

In this episode, we interview the co-editors of NBR's Strategic Asia series. This year's volume explores China's strategic ambitions and its implications for the Indo-Pacific. 

In this i...

Indo-Pacific Issues in 2019 with Rich Ellings from 2018-12-20T14:52:37

We were excited to host NBR’s president Richard J. Ellings this week to discuss some of the upcoming challenges and opportunities the United States faces in the Indo-Pacific region. In addition ...

U.S. Defense Strategy in the Indo-Pacific with Admiral Jonathan Greenert from 2018-09-27T10:48:32

In this episode, we interview ADM Jonathan Greenert about maritime strategy in the Indo-Pacific.

ADM Greenert holds the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies at NBR. H...

Asia Energy Strategy, with Jon Elkind and Clara Gillispie from 2018-08-02T08:47:01

In this episode, we interview Jonathan Elkind (Columbia University, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy) and Clara Gillispie (NBR) about U.S. energy policy in Asia. Elkind and ...

The Trump-Kim Summit with Nicholas Eberstadt from 2018-06-21T10:31:10

In this episode, we interview Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt about the historic Singapore Summit on June 12 between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un. Dr. Eberstadt discusses his key takea...

China's Belt and Road Initiative with Nadege Rolland from 2018-03-20T10:29

This episode presents a discussion of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), described by our guest as Xi Jinping’s “organizing foreign policy concept.” That guest is Nadège Rolland, Senior Fel...

Military Strategy in the Asia-Pacific with Ashley J. Tellis from 2017-11-21T10:28

Listen as Strategic Asia editors Ashley Tellis (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) and Michael Wills (NBR) discuss the newest volume in the series, Strategic Asia 2017–18: Power, Ideas,...

The 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress with Bill McCahill from 2017-10-31T10:27

NBR's President Richard J. Ellings sat down with William "Bill" McCahill on October 25, 2017, to discuss the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and its implications for the U...