This hour, we’ll talk with a former U.S. ambassador to Russia and other experts about what the budding alliance between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping means for American global leadership.
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Is war with China inevitable?
Craig Singleton joins guest host John McCaa to discuss the ways China has made end runs around the policies of the Biden, Trump and Obama presidencies and the troubling clashes we’re now seeing around Taiwan and the Philippines.
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Xi Jinping is in trouble
Simone Gao is a journalist and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how China’s economic woes affect the larger global economy, and why the Chinese populace might be losing patience with its leader.
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China and Russia are spying in ways you didn’t imagine
Harvard intelligence expert Calder Walton discusses spy networks post-Cold War and the new methods, like disinformation and cyberwarfare, that are being deployed.
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How many superpowers are there in the world?
Dartmouth College professor William Wohlforth talks about why he believes peer nations still have a long way to go to match American power.
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What’s in store for the world in 2023?
Tom Standage, an editor at The Economist, discusses the top 10 issues the magazine predicts will make the biggest headlines this year.
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Who makes the world’s microchips? Taiwan
Tufts University professor Chris Miller discusses how much China’s interest in Taiwan is tied to its chip-manufacturing prowess.
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Should America stop trying to rule the world?
Prof. Daniel Bessner joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss if the U.S. should continue to try to rule the world through force – or if recent history suggests it’s time to back off.
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The pros and cons of letting Putin off easy
Tom McTague argues that Russian aggression must be seen in a larger geopolitical light, with China and its threat to democracy closely linked.
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The Human Cost Of Cheap Goods
Journalist Amelia Pang joins us to discuss the extraordinary discovery that led to international outcry – and about why we should re-examine what we’re willing to pay for products.
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The Deterioration Of US-China Relations
Mary Gallagher, director of the International Institute at the University of Michigan, joins us to discuss the current state of U.S.-China relations and what it would take for the relationship to improve.
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The Clock Ticking On TikTok
Michael Schuman is a contributing writer to The Atlantic and a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He joins us to talk about how a seemingly harmless app, TikTok, has hit a nerve with American cybersecurity experts and provided yet another sticking point in U.S.-China relations
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