This week we review Asia's annual informal meeting on security issues, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser attended the dialogue and sat down with Colm afterwards to share her take on the themes of the event this year and to analyze U.S. and Chinese messaging on the South China Sea. We also cover the region's news and share our one to watch.

Here at CSIS we continue to track the progress of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s economic reform efforts alongside the Communist Party's ongoing anti-corruption drive.

On the podcast this week, we analyze the looming humanitarian crisis in Southeast Asia's waters. Murray Hiebert, Senior Fellow with the CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, joins to help us understand why thousands of people in region are trying to migrate by sea to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

On the podcast this week, we explore the disconcerting reports out of North Korea in recent days. CSIS Korea Chair Dr. Victor Cha joins to discuss what the latest missile tests, expanding nuclear weapons capability, and alleged public executions of top leadership mean for Kim Jong-un's regime. We also review the region’s news and share our one to watch. Hosted by Colm Quinn.

In this week’s podcast, we take a deep dive on the difficulties in United States-Thailand relations since the May 2014 coup. We sat down with Sumitro Chair Fellow Gregory Poling to discuss the challenges that Thailand’s swerve away from democracy has created for the U.S.-Thai alliance. We also review the region’s news and share our one to watch. Hosted by Colm Quinn.

In our latest podcast, we focus on the 26th ASEAN summit which concluded on April 27th in Malaysia. We caught up with CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie Bower to get his take on the outcomes of the summit and what they mean for the United States. We also review the region’s news and profile Myanmar's Tin Aye. Hosted by Colm Quinn. Audio edited by Sam Ellis.

This week we look ahead to Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the United States. Longtime U.S.-Japan hands CSIS Japan Chair Dr. Michael Green and Simon Chair Matthew Goodman describe the state of the U.S.-Japan alliance and preview the agenda for the summit. Then we turn to the future of U.S. defense collaboration and security in Asia.

This week we cover China's Great Cannon and its ongoing cyber espionage activities. CSIS Strategic Technology Program Senior Fellow Denise Zheng joins to explain China's new offensive censorship tool and to discuss what governments and organizations can do to protect their networks.

On the show this week, CSIS Japan Chair Fellow Zack Cooper joins to discuss Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's trip to Japan and South Korea, the U.S.-Japan alliance, the security situation in the East and South China Seas, and U.S. strategy in Asia. We also review the region’s news, profile China's Zhou Wenzhong on our leaderboard, and share our One to Watch. Hosted by Colm Quinn.

This week we check in on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and then explore how China's leaders make economic policy. CSIS Scholl Chair Scott Miller joins to assess whether Congress will grant trade promotion to the executive branch and discuss certain misconceptions about TPP.