Beyond the Indus

China’s maritime militia is once again at the center of a crisis in the South China Sea. What now?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Gregory Poling, senior fellow for Southeast Asia and director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about recent events around Whitsun Reef at Union Bank in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Click the play button to the right to listen.

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A conversation with artist Tyta Buth.

A conversation with the financial analyst David Totten.

The meeting of the leaders of the four countries marks an important milestone in the development of the ‘Quad’ as a regional mechanism.

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Akriti Vasudeva, a research analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C., about the outcomes of the first-ever meeting between the leaders of the ‘Quad’ group of countries (the United States, India, Japan, and Australia).

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With a cost-sharing deal finally agreed, what lies ahead for the U.S.-South Korea alliance?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Karl Friedhoff, the Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, about the future of the U.S.-South Korea alliance and South Korean foreign policy in the remaining year of President Moon Jae-in’s administration.

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The two sides initiated a disengagement along the banks of Pangong Lake in Eastern Ladakh. What happens next?

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How will the February 1, 2021, coup in Myanmar affect the country’s internal security and foreign relations?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Sebastian Strangio, ’s Southeast Asia editor, about the geopolitical ramifications of the February 1, 2021, coup d’etat in Myanmar.

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A conversation with Bradley Murg about China's development aid and its flagging Belt and Road Initiative.

As an academic Dr. Bradley Murg has covered China for more than two decades and its impact across the region, particularly the Greater Mekong Subregion.

In this podcast, he chats with Luke Hunt about China’s latest White Paper and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its foreign policies within Southeast Asia, in particular the Mekong River and downstream countries, like Cambodia.

Murg’s work focuses on Chinese aid and investment policy in Southeast Asia; the political economy of foreign aid; and the politics of the Greater Mekong Sub-region as a whole.

He most recently co-edited the three volume "Cambodia 2040" books and his commentaries are regularly published in The Diplomat, Asia Times, Nikkei Asia, and The South China Morning Post.

He is currently Associate Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Paragon International University in Phnom Penh.

Additionally, Murg is a senior academic advisor at Future Forum; a distinguished fellow and senior advisor at the Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace; and lead editor of The Journal of Greater Mekong Studies.

What’s behind the Indian Army’s reorientation of its Mathura-based 1 Corps toward China?

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to the  on his recent report concerning the Indian Army’s reorganization of the 1 Corps to a China-oriented mountain strike corps.

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A presidential election in Kyrgyzstan and a parliamentary election in Kazakhstan kick off 2021 in Central Asia.

’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Catherine Putz, ’s managing editor, about the January 2021 elections in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

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