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Jan 15
Operation Absolute Resolve and China’s Takeaways: A Conversation with Ryan Berg and Evan Ellis
In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Ryan Berg and Evan Ellis join us to assess the regional and global implications of the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. They discuss how Beijing is interpreting the operation, what it signals about U.S. priorities, and the le ... Show More
39m 31s
Dec 18
The 2025 USCC Annual Report: A Conversation with Randy Schriver and Mike Kuiken
In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Randy Schriver and Mike Kuiken join us to discuss key findings from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s 2025 Annual Report to Congress, which they helped draft. They examine how Beijing is increasingly using the PLA ... Show More
36m 10s
Dec 18
U.S.-China Mil-Mil Ties: A Conversation with Chad Sbragia
In this episode of the China Power Podcast, Chad Sbragia joins us to discuss the current state of U.S.-China mil-mil relations and the overall defense relationship between the two countries. He provides his insight into the continuities and changes in defense ties between the cou ... Show More
35m 2s
Jun 2024
China’s great power strategy
28m 43s
Feb 2022
How bad could China-US relations get? With Rana Mitter
This week marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's visit to China. In 2022, there are warnings the US and China are entering a new Cold War, while the latter's relationship with Russia is strengthening.
The New Statesman’s senior editor of China and global affairs, ... Show More
23m 33s
Apr 2024
High stakes in the strait: US -China competition and Taiwan’s future
<p>Taiwan has come to represent a strategic flashpoint in US-China relations. As Beijing ramps up its political and military pressure on Taipei, any escalation could trigger a major conflict between the two powers. Unlike Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China may have to reckon wit ... Show More
35m 28s
Jan 2024
China's Role and Impact on MENA's Air Domain
Welcome to the China-MENA podcast. In this episode, host Jonathan Fulton discusses China's influence on the air domain in the Middle East and North Africa with guests Dr. Assaf Heller and Sarah-Masha Fainberg. They explore potential biases in analyzing China's strategy, its limit ... Show More
52m 38s
Jul 2021
Why Is China Expanding Its Nuclear Arsenal?
<p>For decades, nuclear weapons did not figure prominently in China’s military planning. However, recent satellite images suggest that the country may be looking to quintuple its nuclear arsenal. </p><p>Why is China changing strategy now?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes ... Show More
20m 14s
Sep 2021
How powerful is China's navy?
China has reacted angrily following this month's announcement of an alliance that will enable Australia to possess and deploy nuclear powered submarines in the region. Australia says the partnership with the USA and the UK, or Aukus, is not aimed at China. But most analysts agree ... Show More
49m 3s
Mar 2023
Chine/États-Unis: jusqu’où iront les tensions?
Depuis plusieurs semaines, les motifs de tensions se multiplient entre Pékin et Washington. Qu’il s’agisse des potentielles livraisons d’armes chinoises à la Russie pour mener sa guerre en Ukraine, de l’épisode des ballons espions dans le ciel américain, de l’application TikTok q ... Show More
50 m
Oct 2023
PLA Purges + Taiwan War Risk
Defense Minister Li Shangfu just got officially purged. To discuss, we brought on Joel Wuthnow, a fellow at NDU. His research areas include Chinese foreign and security policy, Chinese military affairs, US-China relations, and strategic developments in East Asia. He joined ChinaT ... Show More
58 m
Nov 2021
What are hypersonic missiles and why do they matter?
America, China and Russia are engaged in a new arms race, spending billions to develop new missile technology, but how different are these hypersonic missiles from what has gone before? And as countries work out how they might use them, are they increasing the risk of triggering ... Show More
22m 58s
Feb 2024
США считают, что Россия готовится разместить ядерное оружие в космосе. Так не делали даже во время холодной войны. Почему это бессмысленно и опасно?
38m 52s
In this special "best of ChinaPower" episode, Mr. Ankit Panda discusses China's growing conventional missile arsenal and associated implications for military strategy and security in the Indo-Pacific region. He touches on the role of China’s ground-based missiles in the projection of military strength, noting that an increased arsenal can hamper US forces in ... Show More
<p>Gideon talks to Oriana Skylar Mastro, author of <em>Upstart: How China Became A Great Power</em>. They discuss China’s rapid rise, Beijing’s ambitions on the global stage and how the US will respond.</p><p><em>Clip: Bogdan Kokkonen</em></p><br><p><strong>Free links to rea ... Show More
<p>18 февраля газета The New York Times (NYT) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/us/politics/russia-nuclear-weapon-space.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">сообщила</a>, что США обратились к Индии и Китаю с просьбой отговорить Россию от размещения ядерного оружия в кос ... Show More
