Beyond the Indus

Bradley Murg discusses Chinese debt, AUKUS, and grandiose ambitions.

A paradigm shift has occurred in geopolitics, particularly across the Indo-Pacific with the re-emergence of the Quad security partnership and the AUKUS deal forged between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

This is a major issue for Southeast Asia where politics is already complicated by a dramatic rise in Chinese debt, which is threatening the region's economy and has brought the glory days of its Belt and Road Initiative to an end.

The focus remains on Evergrande and the property developer’s debt load of more than $300 million.

Bradley Murg, distinguished senior research fellow at the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, talks with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt about these issues as Phnom Penh prepares to take over as chair of ASEAN in 2022, a year which includes the potential for superpower confrontation over Taiwan and the South China Sea.

And then there are the great pretenders – France and Russia – and their ambitious bids for influence in a region where security is still dominated by the United States and its long-time allies.

What does the new U.S.-UK-Australia trilateral cooperative partnership entail?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to , director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, about the new Australia-United Kingdom-United States trilateral partnership, or AUKUS.

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A conversation with Keith Loveard about inequity and his latest book.

A conversation about why the Quad matters

Guy Taylor is the National Security Team Leader at The Washington Times, overseeing the paper's State Department, Pentagon, and intelligence coverage. He has also reported from dozens of countries and seen his work honored by several journalism awards.

Prior to joining The Times in 2011, Taylor was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Fund For Investigative Journalism and he served as an editor at World Politics Review

Taylor spoke with The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt about U.S. foreign policy in Southeast Asia under President Joe Biden, the re-emergence of the Quad, the debacle in Kabul, and the impact of rapid changes in international diplomacy and the implications for ASEAN and China.

Taylor is a graduate of Clark University in Massachusetts and has produced several short films.

Are U.S.-China relations set to deteriorate further?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Shannon Tiezzi, ’s editor-in-chief, about U.S.-China relations in 2021.

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A conversation about the last 20 years in Afghanistan.

A conversation with Helen Jarvis, a genocide scholar and tribunal stalwart.

What lies ahead for Afghanistan as the United States withdraws and fighting between the Taliban and the government intensifies?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Katie Putz, ’s managing editor, about the state of Afghanistan.

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What is the legacy of the landmark 2016 ruling by the Hague-based arbitral tribunal?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Bill Hayton, an associate fellow at Chatham House, about the legacy of the 2016 ruling by the Hague-based arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in

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A conversation about jailed colleagues in Myanmar, the COVID-19 pandemic, and teaching journalism.

Australian journalist Liam Cochrane is a former foreign correspondent for the ABC, who has traveled the Asia-Pacific region filing for television, radio, and digital platforms. As a specialist VJ – a solo video journalist – he has held ABC postings in Thailand and covered Myanmar extensively.

Cochrane has also been posted Papua New Guinea and he freelanced from Nepal, as well as serving as managing editor of the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia. His 2018 book – about the dramatic rescue of a Thai soccer team – is in its second print.

Cochrane currently lectures at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.

He spoke with Luke Hunt about colleagues who have been detained by the military junta in Myanmar,  his time working in Cambodia, and the issues involved with teaching journalism to foreign students in Australia, where the pandemic has dramatically altered the patterns of academic life.