In this episode of the Perch Pod, Jacob speaks with Rory Medcalf, head of the National Security College at the Australian National University. Rory has also been a Senior Strategic Analyst with the Australian Office of National Intelligence (formerly the Office of National Assessments) and served as an Australian Diplomat with postings in many countries including India and Japan. He has recently written a book titled: Indo-Pacific Empire: China, America and the contest for the world's pivotal region

Timestamps 
00:00 Intro 2:14 The latest on the Quad6:30 What is the Indo Pacific?16:40 The Future of China 25:59 The Future of India 31:04: India and Kashmir v. China and Hong Kong37:00 Australia’s domestic politics as a role model for other democracies43:44 The curveball/googly: Rory’s favorite Australian PMs47:28 Outro 

Rory’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Indo-Pacific-Empire-Contemporary-American-Canadian/dp/1526150786

Subscribe to the Perch Pod so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday.

Questions? Reach out at: [email protected]

Socials-
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

In this episode, Jacob speaks with Rui Ma- advisor, creator and co-host of the Tech Buzz China Podcast about the Tik Tok ban, the US aggression towards Huawei and how to foster and innovative, entrepreneurship based ecosystem in China.


Timestamps 
00:00 Podcast and Guest Introduction 5:00 The TikTok Ban and WeChat Restrictions 9:20 Explaining the US aggression towards Huawei13:30 The key vulnerabilities of Huawei27:55 What does China’s technology ecosystem look like? 38:11 How can China foster an innovative environment and keep its talent?45:02 Rui’s upcoming e-book on Bytedance50:25 Outro

Tech Buzz China Podcast: https://www.techbuzzchina.com/episodes

Subscribe to the Perch Pod so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday.

Questions? Reach out at: [email protected]

Socials-
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

In this episode Jacob speaks with Xander Snyder, Vice President of Analysis at Perch Perspectives. They talk about the current COVID-19 data, Unemployment in the US vs Germany, the 5G race, and much more. 

Timestamps: 
00:00 Intro 1:38 Re-Interpreting Current COVID-19 data5:52 Why is the Hospitalization rate for 20-40 year olds so high? 8:15 COVID vs the Flu10:37: China’s response to COVID-19 and the “Third Opium War”18:03 Q2 economic figures 21:04 The Status of the Dollar as a Global Reserve Currency29:07 Unemployment in the US vs. Germany33:30 Competitive Global Markets vs Federal Intervention36:30 The 5G race42:08 What’s the most important thing that happened this week?

Xander's Podcast: https://reconsidermedia.com/category/podcasts/

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday

Questions? Reach out at: [email protected]

Socials-
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

In this episode, Jacob speaks with Stephanie Henaro, writer for El Economista, Geopolitical Analyst and Consultant, and a member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Affairs. They discuss US/Mexico relations, an outside the box solution to end cartel violence and the war on drugs and Mexico's next 10 years.

Timestamps:
00:00Podcast Introduction
6:30 US/Mexico's Current Relations
16:31 Mexico and Venezuela
19:19 Cartel Violence and The War on Drugs
26:45 Mexico in 10 Years
29:45 Stephanie's Favorite Mexican Leader

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday

Questions? Reach out at: [email protected]

Socials-
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

In this episode, Jacob speaks with Dario Fabbri, a journalist, scientific advisor and the America Coordinator at Limes, an Italian Journal on Geopolitics. The go back and forth on the future of the European Union, the malleability of European identity and NATO. 
Here are the detailed timestamps for this episode if you want to listen to a specific portion: 

1:42-13:22 - COVID 19’s impact of Italian perceptions of the EU

13:23-29:29 - How malleable is European Identity?

29:30-36:51 - Introduction to the NATO Discussion

36:52-39:02 - Will Turkey be in NATO in 10 years?

39:03- 41:36 - Will France be in NATO in 10 years?

41:37-46:58 - What is NATO’s main purpose presently?

46:59-51:42 - Italy/China relations post COVID

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday
Questions? Reach out at: [email protected] 
Socials-Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc… Website: https://perchperspectives.com/ 

In this episode, Jacob speaks with Dr. Kamran Bokhari, Director of Analytical Development at the Center for Global Policy where he heads the Governance and Muslim Majority States Program. They talk about the evolution of the discipline of Geopolitics, if it is possible for a Muslim power to successfully re-establish the Caliphate within our lifetimes, the Islamic World’s response to the recession of globalization trend and what American Foreign Policy should look like after the 2020 election.

Timestamps:
1:24 - 13:28 - What is the Center for Global Policy?
13:29 - 21:05 - Is there a Muslim approach to geopolitics and if so how does it differ from its western counterpart?
21:11- 26:45 - The evolution of geopolitics
26:46 - 49:42 - Will a Muslim power successfully re-establish the caliphate within our lifetime?
47:43 - 59:45 - The Islamic World’s potential response to the recent recession of globalization
59:46 - 1:07:31 - What should American Foreign Policy look like after the 2020 election in November? 

Kamran’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1137008040?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday

Questions? Reach out at: [email protected]

Socials-
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

In this episode, Jacob talks to John Minnich, a Ph.D student at MIT in Government specializing in Chinese Foreign Policy, specifically US/China relations. Jacob and John discuss China's economic rise to power in the 20th century and how its future relationship with the US is going to evolve.

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday

Questions:
[email protected]

Socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

Jacob sits down with Neil Townsend, Chief Market Analyst FarmLink Marketing Solutions. They have a conversation about how food supply chains are breaking around the world due to COVID-19 and what the future of these supply chains looks like in response to the pandemic. 

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday

Questions: 
[email protected]

Socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

Jacob chats with Andrey Sushentsov, president of Eurasian Strategies, about Russia as it relates to a world post-COVID. They discuss COVID19's impact on political forecasts, the future of Russia after Putin, relations with Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, and much, much more. 

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday

Questions: 
[email protected]

Socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/

Jacob sits down with Abdolrasool Divsallar (known to his friends as Farzam) to discuss the past, present and future of US-Iran relations. Farzam brings history to the table in order to help us unpack the last century or so of US-Iran relations, explaining the constituent pieces needed to understand how the two have gotten to where they are.

Subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any new episodes!  We put out new videos every other Monday

Questions:
[email protected]

Socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerchSpectives
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perc...
Website: https://perchperspectives.com/