After four years of policy by Tweet that sometimes felt as if it were driven more by the indigestion of the Tweeter than by any connection to US interests, the Biden Administration has ushered in a striking change. Last week's US-China meetings in Anchorage, were acrimonious at times but appropriately so for a complex relationship and there seemed to be a cl ... Show More
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DSR Daily August 25: Supreme Court Gives Trump a Win with Trump on Mail-In Voting
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss the Supreme Court’s new ruling on mail-in voting, the administration’s plans for the largest visa revocation in history, Trump’s ridiculous threats to rename Lake Ontario, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch ... Show More
20m 49s
Sep 2021
The Biden administration and the world
<p>Joe Biden says "relentless diplomacy" will be at the heart of American foreign policy. But the Aukus pact with Britain and Australia, reached without consulting other allies, angered European leaders, notably France’s Emmanuel Macron. Derek Chollet, counsellor at the state dep ... Show More
23m 23s
Sep 2020
A Moment of Global Adjustment: China’s Ambitions in the Wake of Covid-19
In this episode of Building the Future, Dan Runde is joined once again by Dr. Jonathan Ward, author of China’s Vision for the World, to discuss how China’s relationship with the rest of the world has changed in the last 18 months. This time around, the pair analyze the growing re ... Show More
15m 31s
Apr 2021
Are the US and China entering a Cold War?
<p>The US president has promised that, after four years of retreat from the global stage, “America is back”. Over the past few years, China has continued to expand its economic and political influence and matched its growing clout on the world stage with a bigger m ... Show More
27m 35s
Jul 2010
Somalia, Iran sanctions, China-US
In this week's podcast: We turn our attention to the violence which erupted at the weekend in Somalia; we look at what impact the US imposed sanctions on Iran are having; we discuss why American business seems to have gone sour on China.In the studio: Richard McGregor, David Blai ... Show More
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