Episodes
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
The Pacific Century Reads a Long Telegram
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Misha and John are joined by their Hoover colleague and director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, Peter Berkowitz, to discuss his major report on China. Inspired by George Kennan’s famous Long Telegram, Peter discusses the sources of Chinese conduct and the challenge to US and global interests
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
A Conversation with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
This week, John and Misha talk with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the Trump Administration’s China policy. What were their successes? What more did he wish he could have done? Most importantly, where does America go from here? After visiting with the Secretary, Misha and John talk about China’s latest repression in Hong Kong, about threats to Taiwan, and about whether the US intelligence community is accurately analyzing China.