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Financing China’s Expanding Role in Global Energy

Military Modernization And Capacity Building

The CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Southeast Asia Program are pleased to present Asia’s Contested Seas, a public symposium to discuss the maritime security issues facing the Asia-Pacific region broadly.   (Read more at https://csis.org/events/asias-contested-seas)

Asia's Contested Seas

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Understanding China’s Intelligence Services

Jokowi's Two-Year Report Card

In this episode, we focus on healthcare innovation in India. Dr. Sunil Wadhwani, founder of the WISH Foundation, sat down with CSIS Senior Fellow Richard Rossow to discuss his organization’s unique and innovative work with primary healthcare clinics in rural Rajasthan and urban Delhi. Acting as an angel investor when necessary, WISH evaluates innovations for potential and then provides rigorous field testing, constantly seeking to scale them up to effectively address India’s many challenges in primary healthcare. 

Hosted by Will Colson. Audio edited by Frances Burkham. Written by Sarah Watson. Produced by Jeffrey Bean.

Innovating Healthcare in India

The death of longtime Thai King Bhumipol Adulyadej and the succession of his son, King Vajiralongkorn, marks the beginning of a sensitive period in Thai politics entering 2017. Murray Hiebert, Deputy Director of the CSIS Southeast Asia Program, joins the podcast to discuss the legacy of King Bhumipol, assess the status of Thai political institutions, and project what the future holds for the junta government in Thailand. Hosted by Will Colson. Audio edited by Ribka Gemilangsari. Written and produced by Jeffrey Bean.

Thailand's Royal Succession & Political Future

Political developments in South Korea, the United States, and North Korea are all shaping up to affect the Korean Peninsula in 2017. CSIS Korea Chair Dr. Victor Cha joins to discuss President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment, the Trump administration’s Korea policy, and potential North Korean provocations on the horizon. He also shares findings from recently gathered survey data about the daily life of North Koreans and provides details about his new book, Power Play: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia. Hosted by Will Colson. Audio edited by Ribka Gemilangsari. Written and produced by Jeffrey Bean.

Park's Impeachment and the Future of the Korean Peninsula

Russia and China, despite a contentious history, have been increasing strategic cooperation in ways that affect U.S. interests. In a special crossover episode between the ChinaPower podcast and Russian Roulette, we sit down with Olga Oliker and Jeff Mankoff of the Russia Program at CSIS. In this episode, we discuss Beijing’s view of its place in the world and how Moscow fits into this vision, Moscow’s priorities in its relations with China and Asia more broadly, and how this all impacts Russia’s and China’s respective relationships with the United States.

Russia, China, and the Global Order: A Conversation with Olga Oliker and Jeff Mankoff

The U.S. bombing campaign and paramilitary support for anti-communist forces in Laos during the 1960s and 1970s took place almost entirely out of the public eye. The full scope of the conflict and its impact on Laos has only come to light after more than 30 years. Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins the podcast to discuss his new book A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA, which sheds light on the details of the secret war in Laos and describes how the war changed the culture of the U.S. intelligence community, primarily the Central Intelligence Agency.

Learn more about the book: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Great-Place-to-Have-a-War/Joshua-Kurlantzick/9781451667868

Hosted by Will Colson. Audio edited by Ribka Gemilangsari. Written and produced by Jeffrey Bean.