Pacific Polarity Podcast
1) Rushali Saha: India's Great Power Aspirations in a Turbulent World
Rushali Saha explores the uncertain state of U.S.–India relations following the rollback of Trump-era tariffs and the announcement of what she characterizes as more framework than finalized agreement....Show More
2) Ji Xianbai: Imbalances and Geoeconomic Statecraft in the New Era
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3) William Reinsch: the New Trade Disorder
William Reinsch dissects Trump’s tariff strategy—framed as revenge, revenue, and reshoring—and its implications for the global trading system. He argues that while the U.S. is the greatest short-term ...Show More
4) Zongyuan Zoe Liu: Capital, Consumption, and Competition in China’s Economy
Richard GrayOn today’s episode of Pacific Polarity, we’re talking with Dr. Zoe Liu, who’s the is the Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, she ...Show More
5) Chris Sidoti: The Myanmar Crisis at a Nadir of Human Rights
Chris Sidoti unpacks Myanmar’s war through the lenses of battlefield dynamics, China’s shifting calculations, and the enduring vulnerability of the Rohingya. He argues that China’s recent tilt back to...Show More
6) Otton Solis: Great and Small Powers Under the Donroe Doctrine
In this episode of Pacific Polarity, Costa Rican economist and former politician Otton Solís Fallas discussed the US capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, the logic of the “Donroe Doctrine,” and the ...Show More
7) Arnaud Bertrand: China, the NSS, and a Post-Hegemonic World
Arnaud Bertrand argues that the new US National Security Strategy signals a reluctant American acceptance of a multipolar world and a search for ways to coexist rather than dominate. He contends that ...Show More
8) Shaun Chau: Australia’s COP Drama and the Road Ahead for Climate Action
Cyan Ventures' Shaun Chau discussed Australia’s failed COP bid, the global headwinds facing climate action, and what a pragmatic path forward might look like for the climate camp. This is a public epi...Show More
9) James Laurenceson: The View Down Under—From Zhongnanhai
James Laurenceson of the Australia-China Relations Institute at UTS shares his thoughts on China’s economic headwinds, the US–China trade war, and the state of Australia–China relations. This is a pub...Show More
10) Zhao Long: Beyond Spheres of Influence—China’s Alternative Vision for Asia
Zhao Long of the Shanghai Institute for International Studies shares how China sees its role in a shifting global order. Dr Zhao argues that China can break the historical cycle of great powers seekin...Show More
Zhao Long: Beyond Spheres of Influence—China’s Alternative Vision for Asia
47:22 | Sep 27th, 2025