Podcasts by The Asia Chessboard
The “Asia Chessboard” features in-depth conversations with the most prominent strategic thinkers on Asia. Co-hosts Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, and Michael Green, Henry A. Kissinger Chair at CSIS and CEO of the United States Studies Centre, take the debate beyond the headlines of the day to explore the historical context and inside decision-making process on major geopolitical developments from the Himalayas to the South China Sea. Experience the hard calls and consequential debates that drive US policy towards this critical region of the world.
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Nuclear Pieces on the Asia Chessboard: U.S., China, and Extended Deterrence from 2021-10-18T16:38:42
This week, Mike discusses the nuclear pieces on the Asia Chessboard with Caitlin Talmadge, professor at Georgetown University, as they explore the multipolar nuclear deterrence environment in the I...
ListenPawn or Queen? ASEAN on the Chessboard from 2021-06-21T13:36
This week, Mike sits down with Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at American University, to unpack Amitav’s new book, ASEAN and Reg...
ListenThe Great Power Gambit: U.S. and China in Southeast Asia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Mike is joined by David Shambaugh, the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies at George Washington University, to discuss his new book, “Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in So...
ListenJourney to the Center of the Board: Geopolitical Lessons from Mongolia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Mike is joined by Ganbat Chuluunkhuu, Managing Director at RVJ Capital, as they journey to the middle of the chessboard to discuss Mongolia’s role in the Asia-Pacific region. Ganbat dive...
ListenDoubled Rooks? The U.S.-Philippine Alliance in Historical Context from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Mike is joined by Chris Capozzola, Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to discuss his new book on the history of U.S.-Philippines relations, Bound by War. ...
ListenKnight on the Chessboard: Perspectives from Senate Armed Services Committee featuring Ranking Member Jack Reed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Mike is joined by the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) to discuss the role of Congress in decision-making on U.S. national security policy ...
ListenHidden Moves: Countering Russian and Chinese Influence Activities on the Chessboard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Russian and Chinese Interference is becoming an increasingly important part of the strategic chessboard in the Asia-Pacific. This week, Mike is joined by Amy Searight, Senior Associate for Asia at ...
ListenDeep Freeze: The Arctic's Role on the Asia Chessboard with Heather Conley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With climate change creating new sea routes through the Arctic circle, China is making moves to assert navigation and scientific rights in the region. Mike is joined by CSIS Senior Vice President f...
ListenState of the Play: An Interview with Steve Hadley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, Mike interviews Steve Hadley, former national security advisor and a principal of RiceHadleyGates, a strategic consulting firm. Steve shares his journey from starting out as a youn...
ListenRising Conservative Players: Views of Asia Grand Strategy with Eric Sayers and Zack Cooper from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, Mike sits down with Eric Sayers, adjunct senior fellow for the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, and Zack Cooper, research fellow at the Amer...
ListenProgressive Players: Part II with Kelly Magsamen and Mira Rapp-Hooper from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In part two of host Mike Green's conversation with Kelly Magsamen and Mira Rapp-Hooper, the three focus on the likely approaches a future Democratic administration would take on trade issues, defen...
ListenProgressive Players: Rising Democrats' View of Asia Grand Strategy with Kelly Magsamen and Mira Rapp-Hooper from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In part one of a two-part discussion, Mike is joined by Kelly Magsamen, vice president for national security and international policy at the Center for American Progress and a former pentagon and N...
ListenGrading the Game: An Interview with Dr. Kurt Campbell (Pt. 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In part two of Mike and Andrew's discussion with Kurt Campbell, the group turns to the domestic implications of the Trump administration's grand strategy in Asia. How does the Trump administration'...
ListenGrading the Game: An Interview with Dr. Kurt Campbell (Pt. 1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, Mike and Andrew sit down with Dr. Kurt Campbell, president and CEO of The Asia Group, co-founder of the Center for a New American Security, and former assistant Secretary of state ...
ListenThe History of the Game: An Interview with Will Inboden from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, Mike sits down with Will Inboden, associate professor of public policy and director of the Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Will is also a former senior NSC of...
ListenThe Grandmaster: An Interview with Ambassador Richard Armitage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, Mike and Andrew interview a true grandmaster of the Asia chessboard: Ambassador Richard Armitage. Ambassador Armitage has seen it all, from riverine patrols with the “brown-water n...
ListenThe Opening Move with Mike Green from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Schwartz interviews the host, Dr. Mike Green, senior vice president for Asia at CSIS, director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, and former senior director for Asia on George W. Bus...
ListenTeam Play: The U.S. Alliance System and the Chessboard (Pt. 2) from 2020-07-13T21:15
In part two of Mike's discussion with Abe Denmark and Mira Rapp-Hooper, the three take a look at the importance of alliance coordination in the Indo-Pacific, the challenges U.S. alliances currently...
ListenTeam Play: The U.S. Alliance System and the Chessboard (Pt. 1) from 2020-06-29T21:37:55
Mike is joined by Abe Denmark, Director of the Asia Program at the Wilson Center, and Mira Rapp-Hooper, Senior Fellow for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss the past, pres...
ListenPlan Your Move: The NDS and the Chessboard from 2020-06-15T21:50:43
Mike is joined in this episode by former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Elbridge Colby, with a special guest appearance by CSIS U.S. Alliances Project Dire...
ListenPower Up: Energy and The Chessboard from 2020-06-01T12:00
The story of grand strategy on the Asia Chessboard is a story in part about access to energy, both for consumers and producers alike. With COVID-19 delivering a major shock to the system, how are A...
ListenThe Chessboard: The View from Congress from 2020-05-18T09:00
In a special joint-episode, Mike is joined by Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, an up-and-coming voice on Asia strategy in Congress. The two discuss the role of Congress in policymaking t...
ListenHooked: Exploring Drug Prohibition and Norms in Asia with Prof. Diana Kim from 2020-04-06T18:40:13
In the twentieth episode of The Asia Chessboard, Mike is joined by Georgetown Professor Diana Kim to discuss Diana's new book, Empires of Vice, a look at how colonial administrations came to ban dr...
ListenCoronavirus Crisis: Talking the Pandemic's Effects on Asian Geopolitics with Evan Medeiros from 2020-03-26T13:02:12
With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping through the Asia Chessboard economically and geopolitically, Mike is joined by Dr. Evan Medeiros of Georgetown University to discuss what the viral crisis por...
ListenTalking Indonesia with Dr. Dino Djalal from 2020-02-24T13:50
Lynchpin of ASEAN and sitting astride some of the globe’s most important sea lines of communications, Indonesia is a critical part of the Asia Chessboard. Mike is joined by former Indonesian ambass...
ListenFree to Move: Talking Democracy on the Asia Chessboard with Derek Mitchell and Dan Twining from 2020-02-11T15:44:11
As strategic competition between the U.S. and China heats up, old Cold War-era questions on the importance of values are being asked anew: to what extent does ideology, democracy in particular, fac...
ListenExploring Abe's Role on the Chessboard with Professor Yuichi Hosoya from 2020-01-27T21:30:44
Mike sits down with Keio University professor Yuichi Hosoya to discuss one of the longest-tenured players on the Asia chessboard, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mike and Yuichi kick off the ep...
ListenThe Post-INF Chessboard with Tom Karako from 2020-01-13T14:44:51
In the first episode of 2020, Mike is joined by Tom Karako, Senior Fellow with the CSIS International Security Program and Director of the Missile Defense Project. Mike and Tom tackle the new hard ...
ListenThe Chessboard Down Under: Talking the U.S.-Australia Alliance with Patrick Buchan from 2019-12-20T14:37:02
Mike is joined in this episode by Patrick Buchan, director of the U.S. Alliances Project and Fellow for Indo-Pacific security at CSIS. Buchan is also a former official with the Australian Departmen...
ListenTrading Pieces: A Look at Economic Statecraft in Asia with Kurt Tong from 2019-12-02T14:51:56
Amid the on-again, off-again trade deal with China and roiling protests in Hong Kong, Mike is joined by Ambassador Kurt Tong, partner at The Asia Group, former Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau...
ListenPerfect Partners or a Perfect Storm? Discussing Korea with Victor Cha and Sue Terry from 2019-11-18T18:02:33
The United States may be facing a perfect storm with an end-of-year deadline for North Korea diplomacy and strained burden-sharing negotiations in South Korea. In this episode, Mike sits down with ...
ListenThe Gray Zone on a Black-and-White Board: A Discussion with Kath Hicks from 2019-11-04T06:00
Mike is joined by Dr. Kath Hicks, Henry Kissinger Chair, Senior Vice President, and Director of the International Security Program at CSIS, for a discussion of how "gray zone" tactics factor into g...
ListenThe Gray Zone on a Black-and-White Board: A Discussion with Kath Hicks from 2019-11-04T06:00
Mike is joined by Dr. Kath Hicks, Henry Kissinger Chair, Senior Vice President, and Director of the International Security Program at CSIS, for a discussion of how "gray zone" tactics factor into g...
ListenThe Opening Move with Mike Green from 2019-06-17T13:15
Andrew Schwartz interviews the host, Dr. Mike Green, senior vice president for Asia at CSIS, director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, and former senior director for Asia on George W. Bus...
ListenThe Opening Move with Mike Green from 2019-06-17T13:15
Andrew Schwartz interviews the host, Dr. Mike Green, senior vice president for Asia at CSIS, director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, and former senior director for Asia on George W. Bus...
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