This week we discuss the U.S. reaction to China’s new infrastructure bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Simon Chair Deputy Director Amy Studdart describes the bank's origins, explains why Washington’s critique of its allies for joining AIIB has proven unpopular, and lays out the challenges China faces in managing a new multilateral institution.

This week we discuss the attack against U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert with Korea Chair Victor Cha and how to understand the South Korean public reaction to the stabbing. Then Korea Chair Research Associate Marie DuMond interviews the President of Korea's International Cooperation Agency, Ambassador Kim Young-mok on South Korea's aid priorities in the next few years.

This week we talk with Wadhwani Chair Richard Rossow to get his insights on the Indian finance minister’s annual budget speech and what it means for Prime Minister Modi’s efforts to implement economic reforms.

In this week's episode, we discuss Taiwan’s marginalized role in international security organizations and its relationship with Mainland China. CSIS’s Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser discussed her new report on this topic with Congressman Matt Salmon, the new chair of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

In this week's show, we speak with Justice Michael Kirby, the Chair of the United Nations Inquiry on human rights in the DPRK, about the recent U.N. Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the plight of North Korea's citizens.

In this week’s episode we discuss the jailing of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges and the international response with CSIS Sumitro Chair Senior Fellow Murray Hiebert.

In this week’s episode we discuss the current state of U.S.-China military to military relations with CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser. Then Dr. Zachary Abuza joins to analyze the Philippines police raid gone wrong in Mindanao and what it means for the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

In this week’s episode Wadhwani Chair Rick Rossow joins us fresh from New Delhi, to discuss President Obama’s trip to India and the current state of the U.S.-India relations. Then we turn to the next two years on the Korean peninsula in a conversation with Korea Chair Dr.