Asia Geopolitics

The Diplomat 798 - The Mecca Pact: What Do We Actually Know?

A weekly discussion of the geopolitical implications of current events in the Asia-Pacific, hosted by Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz from The Diplomat, with regular guests.

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Episodes

The Mecca Pact: What Do We Actually Know?

US-ROK Alliance Management via Social Media

Transaction or Transformation? Inside the Russia-North Korea Relationship

Why Did China Test a Submarine-launched Ballistic Missile?

A Mid-Year Check on US Asia Policy

A Fragile Framework Deal for Iran, What’s Next?

Understanding Cambodia's Scam Economy, with Jacob Sims

Southeast Asia’s Mandalas of Multialignment

The Geopolitics of the Trump-Xi Meeting

Iran Crisis: Pakistan’s Prominence and India’s Strategic Silence

US Strategic Incoherence and the Iran War

Inside North Korea’s 9th Party Congress

What the US-Iran War Means for Asia

Is China Conducting Secret Nuclear Weapons Tests?

The Downfall of Zhang Youxia

Venezuela: Trump, Geopolitics, and the View from Asia

2025: A Trumpian Year of Geopolitical Shifts in Asia

Dissecting Trump’s Remarkably Odd US National Security Strategy

Don’t Call it a Deal Just Yet: South Korea to Pursue Nuclear-powered Submarines

A Busy Month for Central Asian Multilateralism

The State of US Asia Policy in the Trump Era, With Special Guest Jim Sciutto

Inside China’s Struggle for Influence in Central Asia

Under New Leadership, What’s Next for Japan?

Escalating Tensions, Fresh Clashes on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

Inside the Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea

Strategic Alliances: The Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Mutual Defense Pact

What’s Really Behind Nepal’s Gen Z Revolution?

What Actually Mattered at China’s Big Military Parade?

South Korea’s Lee Hits the Road to Japan and the United States

Geopolitical Ripple Effects: US-Russia, China-India, and More

Reviewing Thailand and Cambodia’s July 2025 Border Skirmish

A Trade ‘Deal’ and a Historic Election: What’s Next for Japan?

The Geopolitics of the Second China-Central Asia Summit

What Does South Korea’s New Progressive Administration Portend for Northeast Asia?

France as a ‘Resident Power’ in the Pacific

The India-Pakistan Clashes of 2025: Why Things Are Different (And More Dangerous) This Time

Asia’s New Nuclear Age

Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Asian Geopolitics

Trump, Tariffs, and America’s Global Messaging

Duterte in The Hague: The Philippines and the Geopolitics of International Law

Is the United States Relitigating Its Grand Strategy?

DeepSeek and the AI Competition

Trump 2.0 in America: Geopolitical Ripples Across Asia and the World

The Biden Administration’s Asia Legacy

South Korea’s Martial Law Crisis: Geopolitical Implications and Beyond

Central Asian Militaries and Asian Geopolitics

America First, Again: US-China Relations and the Second Trump Administration

America First, Again: Asian Geopolitics and the Second Trump Administration

A New China-India Border Deal?

The Geopolitical Implications of the UK-Mauritius Chagos Islands Deal