Asia Geopolitics

By The Diplomat

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A weekly discussion of the geopolitical implications of current events in the Asia-Pacific, hosted by Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz from The Diplomat, with regular guests.

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Asia Geopolitics episodes:

03.28.2024
What to Look For Out of the US-Japan-Philippines Summit
The leaders of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines will meet in Washington amid shared and growing concerns about China. ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () preview the April 2024 U.S.-Japan-Philippines summit. Click the play...
03.16.2024
How the US Sees Threats in Asia in 2024
What does the U.S. intelligence community's 2024 Annual Threat Assessment suggest about Asia? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the U.S. intelligence community's 2024 Annual Threat Assessment. Click the play button above to listen. If...
02.27.2024
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Recognition, Security, and Geopolitics
What is the state of play in Afghanistan today? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss Afghanistan's geopolitical position in 2024. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you...
02.23.2024
Reflections on a Decade in Asian Geopolitics
The Asia Geopolitics podcast hits 10 years! ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () reflect on the 10 year anniversary of the podcast. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user,...
01.23.2024
North Korea, Korean Unification, and the Prospects of a 2024 Crisis
What does North Korea's abandonment of Korean unification portend? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss geopolitical dynamics on the Korean Peninsula heading into 2024. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an iOS...
01.19.2024
The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan’s 2024 Elections
The Taiwanese people voted for continuity. How will that affect prospects for stability in the Taiwan Strait? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the implications of Taiwan's 2024 elections. Click the play button above to...
12.20.2023
Asian Geopolitics in 2023: A Retrospective (Part 2)
What were the trends, events, and developments in geopolitics that defined the Asia-Pacific in 2023? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () continue their retrospective on geopolitics in Asia in 2023. Click the play button above to...
12.20.2023
Asian Geopolitics in 2023: A Retrospective (Part 1)
What were the trends, events, and developments in geopolitics that defined the Asia-Pacific in 2023? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () offer a retrospective on geopolitics in Asia in 2023. Click the play button above to...
11.21.2023
Biden Meets Xi in San Francisco: Managing Competition
Are the United States and China entering a new, short-term detente, or will unexpected crises derail things? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the November 2023 U.S.-China summit. Click the play button above to listen....
11.04.2023
South China Sea Flashpoints: The Second Thomas Shoal Crisis
What's driving tensions between China and the Philippines at Second Thomas Shoal? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. Click the play button above to...
10.14.2023
Central Asian States and Great Power Geopolitics
What's driving Central Asian foreign policy in 2023? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the recent row between India and Canada. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user,...
10.04.2023
Why India’s Relations With Canada Are Strained
What's behind the India-Canada row? The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the recent row between India and Canada. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you can...
10.03.2023
The Putin-Kim Summit: What’s Driving North Korea and Russia Together?
What do the two leaders stand to gain from each other? The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the recent meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Click the...
09.14.2023
The US and Vietnam Upgrade Their Relationship: Drivers and Consequences
What's pushing the United States and Vietnam toward each other? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to Sebastian Strangio, ’s Southeast Asia editor, about U.S.-Vietnam relations. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS or...
08.26.2023
The Camp David US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Meeting
What is driving the United States, Japan, and South Korea together, and is it sustainable? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the trilateral leaders’ summit between the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Click the...
07.29.2023
What’s Driving US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation in 2023?
Amid shifting regional geopolitics, the US and its two regional treaty allies grow closer. ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the upcoming trilateral leaders' summit between the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Click the...
07.22.2023
Central Asia Update: US Sanctions on Kyrgyz Firms, and the Wagner Rebellion
The U.S. sanctioned Kyrgyz firms for bypassing sanctions on Russia. What are the implications? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss recent developments in Central Asia. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an...
07.11.2023
Modi Comes to Washington: Geopolitics and the Drivers of the US-India Relationship
What drives the convergence between U.S. and India today? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent state visit to the United States. Click the play button above to listen. If...
06.08.2023
The Shangri-La Dialogue Hits 20 Years With US-China Tensions at the Center
What does the 2023 Shangri-La Dialogue tell us about Asian geopolitics? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the 2023 IISS Shangri-La Dialogue. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac...
05.23.2023
Takeaways From the 2023 Hiroshima G7 Summit
What happened at the 2023 G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the 2023 Hiroshima G-7 summit. Click the play button above to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user,...
05.20.2023
A New China-Central Asia ‘Blueprint’?
What's driving China's outreach to Central Asia in 2023? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the first-ever China-Central Asia in-person summit meeting. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS...
04.29.2023
The Washington Declaration and the US-South Korea Alliance
Can the alliance adapt to changing realities? The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the U.S.-South Korea alliance and the Washington Declaration. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS...
04.14.2023
Turbulence in the Taiwan Strait: The New Normal
Another high-level U.S.-Taiwan meeting causes turbulence in the Taiwan Strait. The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss recent tensions in the Taiwan Strait, France's views on stability in the Taiwan Strait, and developments in...
03.24.2023
The AUKUS Partners Explain Their Phased Approach. What Are the Risks?
The three partners have explained how the submarine cooperation initiative will move ahead. What are the risks? The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the recently announced phased approach for the AUKUS submarine cooperation...
02.22.2023
What’s Driving South Korea’s Debate on Acquiring Nuclear Weapons
Why is interest in nuclear weapons acquisition growing in South Korea? The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the ongoing debates in South Korea on nuclear weapons acquisition. Click the play button to the right...
02.22.2023
The Diplomat Magazine Hits Issue 100
The Diplomat reaches a milestone: reflecting on 100 issues of the magazine. Managing Editor Katie Putz () discusses the 100th issue of the The Diplomat magazine with Ankit Panda, editor-at-large. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS...
02.07.2023
What the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Incident Tells Us About US-China Relations
A U.S. F-22 shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon that lingered in U.S. territorial airspace for days. What now? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the U.S. reaction to a Chinese surveillance balloon and...
01.27.2023
The Drivers and Consequences of Vietnam’s January 2023 Political Shake-Up
Will Vietnam's political tumult have any geopolitical ramifications? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () speak to ’s Sebastian Strangio about the ongoing leadership purge in Vietnam and its consequences. Click the play button to the right to...
01.06.2023
A New Defense Era: Japan’s 2022 National Security Strategy
Japan has set out on its most ambitious defense build-up program since the end of World War II. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the significance of Japan's new 2022 National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy. Click the play...
12.28.2022
Asian Geopolitics in 2022: A Retrospective
What trends and events shaped the region in 2022? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () reflect on the major geopolitical trends and developments in Asia in 2022. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an...
12.03.2022
China’s Late-2022 Protests: ‘Zero-Covid’ At the Breaking Point?
What's driving China's late-2022 protests? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the drivers of recent protests in China. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you can also subscribe...
11.22.2022
The G20, APEC, and ASEAN Summits: Taking Stock of November 2022 Diplomacy in Asia
What transpired at various summits in Asia this month? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss recent summits in the Asia-Pacific. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you can...
11.10.2022
What’s Driving Inter-Korean Tensions in Autumn 2022?
Weeks of tensions on the Korean Peninsula have led to unprecedented shows of force from Pyongyang. What's behind the saber-rattling? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Click the play button to the...
10.25.2022
It’s Xi’s China: Takeaways From the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Party Congress
Xi Jinping has consolidated power and a third term as China’s leader. What are the ramifications? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () speak to editor-in-chief, Shannon Tiezzi, about the outcomes of China’s 20th Party Congress. Click the play button to...
10.19.2022
The Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy and Asia
How does the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy see Asia? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you...
09.23.2022
The Most Important Shanghai Cooperation Summit Ever?
The SCO meets at a time of geopolitical flux in the Asian heartland. What’s the significance? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and developments in Central Asia. Click the play...
09.19.2022
North Korea’s Updated Nuclear Law Points At a Dangerous Nuclear Future
Kim Jong Un says that as long as nuclear weapons exist, North Korea will have them. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss North Korea’s newly promulgated nuclear weapons policy law and the country’s nuclear strategy. Click the play...
08.31.2022
Pakistan’s Flooding Underscores Climate Risks in South Asia
Devastating floods have placed a third of the country underwater, underscoring significant climate risks in South Asia. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the August 2022 floods in Pakistan and the state of Sri Lanka’s economy after...
08.17.2022
A Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis or an Inflection Point for the Status Quo?
What do the events of early August 2022 in the Taiwan Strait portend for the future of the Asia-Pacific? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the consequences of U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s...
07.27.2022
No End in Sight: 18 Months of Military Rule in Myanmar
What is the state of Myanmar’s complex internal insurgency and how has the international response evolved since the January 2021 coup? ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda () speaks to ’s Sebastian Strangio about the state of Myanmar’s insurgency and the...
07.19.2022
Abe Shinzo’s Enduring Legacy on Geopolitics in Asia
Japan’s longest-serving post-war prime minister left a long list of achievements with geopolitical significance. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the geopolitical legacy of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Click the play button to the right to...
06.29.2022
NATO’s Madrid Summit and the Interlinkages Between European and Asian Security
Why are the leaders of Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan heading to a NATO summit? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the 2022 NATO summit in Madrid. The episode also covers the G7’s 2022 leaders’...
06.15.2022
Takeaways From the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue
The Shangri-La Dialogue returned to convene for the first time since 2019 this year. What was on the agenda? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss takeaways from the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue. Click the play button to the right...
06.01.2022
What Is the Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework About?
Don't call the IPEF a free trade agreement. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and economic statecraft in Asia. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS...
05.18.2022
The Geopolitical Consequences of China’s Solomon Islands Pact
What is Beijing up to in the Southern Pacific? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the drivers and consequences of China’s new security pact with Solomon Islands. The episode also covers the role of China is Australia’s...
04.29.2022
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons for Taiwan
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has limited relevance for understanding the risks of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the continuing implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This episode covers the lessons for...
04.16.2022
Continuity and Change in Pakistani Politics: The End of Imran Khan and What’s Next
What does the future hold for Pakistan? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () are joined by Mohammad Taqi (), a columnist for , to discuss Pakistan’s April 2022 political crisis, which led to the end of Imran Khan’s...
03.26.2022
North Korea Returns to ICBM Testing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw his first full-scale ICBM test since November 2017. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss North Korea’s first full-scale test of an intercontinental-range ballistic missile since 2017. Click the play button to...
03.10.2022
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Geopolitical Ripples in Asia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had wide-ranging effects across the Indo-Pacific. The hosts discuss the consequences. Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss some of the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on states in the Asia-Pacific. The...
02.18.2022
The Biden Administration Releases an Indo-Pacific Strategy: Reading Between the Lines
What does the Biden administration seek in the Indo-Pacific? Podcast hosts Ankit Panda () and Katie Putz () discuss the Biden administration’s newly released Indo-Pacific strategy. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user,...

What's Asia Geopolitics about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Asia Geopolitics episodes:

What to Look For Out of the US-Japan-Philippines Summit

How the US Sees Threats in Asia in 2024

Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Recognition, Security, and Geopolitics

Reflections on a Decade in Asian Geopolitics

North Korea, Korean Unification, and the Prospects of a 2024 Crisis

The Geopolitical Implications of Taiwan’s 2024 Elections

Asian Geopolitics in 2023: A Retrospective (Part 2)

Asian Geopolitics in 2023: A Retrospective (Part 1)

Biden Meets Xi in San Francisco: Managing Competition

South China Sea Flashpoints: The Second Thomas Shoal Crisis

Central Asian States and Great Power Geopolitics

Why India’s Relations With Canada Are Strained

The Putin-Kim Summit: What’s Driving North Korea and Russia Together?

The US and Vietnam Upgrade Their Relationship: Drivers and Consequences

The Camp David US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Meeting

What’s Driving US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation in 2023?

Central Asia Update: US Sanctions on Kyrgyz Firms, and the Wagner Rebellion

Modi Comes to Washington: Geopolitics and the Drivers of the US-India Relationship

The Shangri-La Dialogue Hits 20 Years With US-China Tensions at the Center

Takeaways From the 2023 Hiroshima G7 Summit

A New China-Central Asia ‘Blueprint’?

The Washington Declaration and the US-South Korea Alliance

Turbulence in the Taiwan Strait: The New Normal

The AUKUS Partners Explain Their Phased Approach. What Are the Risks?

What’s Driving South Korea’s Debate on Acquiring Nuclear Weapons

The Diplomat Magazine Hits Issue 100

What the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Incident Tells Us About US-China Relations

The Drivers and Consequences of Vietnam’s January 2023 Political Shake-Up

A New Defense Era: Japan’s 2022 National Security Strategy

Asian Geopolitics in 2022: A Retrospective

China’s Late-2022 Protests: ‘Zero-Covid’ At the Breaking Point?

The G20, APEC, and ASEAN Summits: Taking Stock of November 2022 Diplomacy in Asia

What’s Driving Inter-Korean Tensions in Autumn 2022?

It’s Xi’s China: Takeaways From the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Party Congress

The Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy and Asia

The Most Important Shanghai Cooperation Summit Ever?

North Korea’s Updated Nuclear Law Points At a Dangerous Nuclear Future

Pakistan’s Flooding Underscores Climate Risks in South Asia

A Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis or an Inflection Point for the Status Quo?

No End in Sight: 18 Months of Military Rule in Myanmar

Abe Shinzo’s Enduring Legacy on Geopolitics in Asia

NATO’s Madrid Summit and the Interlinkages Between European and Asian Security

Takeaways From the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue

What Is the Biden Administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework About?

The Geopolitical Consequences of China’s Solomon Islands Pact

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons for Taiwan

Continuity and Change in Pakistani Politics: The End of Imran Khan and What’s Next

North Korea Returns to ICBM Testing

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Geopolitical Ripples in Asia

The Biden Administration Releases an Indo-Pacific Strategy: Reading Between the Lines