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Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific? — 152 episodes
Why Should We Care About the Trump–Xi Summit? | with Michael Sobolik
Why Should We Care if Beijing’s Propaganda is Attacking Journalists who Report Critically on China? | with Regine Cabato
Why Should We Care About Nepal? | Gen Z Revolution, India-China Rivalry & the Iran War’s Impact on South Asia | with BGA's Sujeev Shakya
Why Should We Care About the World’s Blocked Oil Artery? | with Sal Mercogliano
Why Should We Care About Kim Jong Un’s Dangerous Liaisons with Putin and Xi? | with Oriana Skylar Mastro
Why Should We Care if China is Poisoning the Water Around a Philippine Outpost in the South China Sea? | with Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad
Why Should We Care if China is Building its Biggest Island Yet in the South China Sea? | with Greg Poling
Why Should We Care About America’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission in Iran? | with Ioannis Koskinas and Joe Felter
Why Should We Care About Australia’s Big Economic Bet on Southeast Asia? | with Nicholas Moore
Why Should We Care About China’s Campaign to Steal Our Secrets? | with David Shedd
Why Should We Care if Southeast Asia is the World’s Fourth Largest Economy? | with retired Ambassador Brian McFeeters
Why Should We Care About the Iran War Energy Shock? | with Paul Everingham
Why Should We Care About the State of Thailand’s Democracy? | with Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Why Should We Care About the Future of the Indian Ocean’s Most Strategic Island? | with Cleo Paskal
Why Should We Care if Chinese Naval Flotillas Are Now Patrolling the Pacific Islands? | With Ambassador Laura Stone
Why Should We Care if the U.S. Supreme Court Just Struck Down Trump’s Tariffs? | with Bill Reinsch and Nydia Ngiow
Why Should We Care About Myanmar's (Sham) Elections? | with Ambassador Scot Marciel
Why Should We Care About Australia’s Fight Against China’s Political Warfare? | with Clive Hamilton
Why Should We Care About Japan’s Snap-Election Landslide? | with Jake Schlesinger
Why Should We Care How China Treats Its Own People? | with Yaqiu Wang
Why Should We Care if America Can Still Lead in the Indo-Pacific? with Robert Blackwill
Why Should We Care About the Chinese Embassy’s Brazen War of Words with Philippine Officials? | with Jay Tarriela
Why Should We Care if India is Embracing Free Trade? with Anuj Gupta
Why Should We Care if Taiwan is a Political Tinderbox? | with J. Michael Cole
Why Should We Care About the India Trump Made? | with James Crabtree
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Why Should We Care if America Just Deposed Venezuela’s Dictator? | with Col. (Ret) Michael Burgoyne and Dr. Robert Burrell
Why Should We Care About Taiwan’s Critical Energy Vulnerability? | with Craig Singleton
Why Should We Care About What Happened in the Indo-Pacific in 2025? | Special Year-End Episode
Why Should We Care About the Health of the US-Australia Alliance? | with Justin Bassi
Why Should We Care About America’s Unconventional New National Security Strategy? | with Mick Ryan and Zack Cooper
Why Should We Care if Chinese Chemicals are Fueling a Meth Tsunami in the Indo-Pacific? with Rebecca Tan
Why Should We Care How China’s Maritime Aggression Impacts America’s Prosperity and Security? | with U.S. Senator Todd Young
Why Should We Care About China's Political Warfare Against Taiwan? | with Peter Mattis
Why Should We Care if China is Threatening Japan over Taiwan? | with Bonnie Glaser & Amb. Shingo Yamagami
Why Should We Care if Indonesia's "Jakarta Model" for Critical Minerals is Bad for Indonesians? | with Dr. Alvin Camba
Why Should We Care if a Tribunal Just Sentenced Bangladesh’s Former Prime Minister to Death? | with Dr. Lailufar Yasmin
Why Should We Care if China is Waging a War for Our Minds? | with Andrew Jensen
Why Should We Care About China’s Law of the Sea? | with Isaac Kardon
Why Should We Care if China Doesn’t Really Want to Rule the World? | with David C. Kang
Why Should We Care About How Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Will Govern? | with Hanako Montgomery
Why Should We Care About the West Philippine Sea Film that China is Trying to Block? | with Baby Ruth Villarama
Why Should We Care if China Wants to Lead the Global South? | with Eric Olander
Why Should We Care What it’s Really Like Living in (and Escaping From) North Korea? | with Timothy Cho
Why Should We Care if America Pulls Back While China Pushes Out? | with Shannon Brandao
Why Should We Care About Disruption, Division and Competition in the Indo-Pacific? | with James Minnich
Why Should We Care if China’s Military is Innovating Faster than America’s? | with Steve Blank
Why Should We Care if AUKUS is at a Crossroads? | with Charlie Edel and Abe Denmark
Our 100th Episode! Lessons, Laughter, and Why We Care More than Ever About the Indo-Pacific
Why Should We Care if the U.S.-India Relationship Melts Down? | with Josh Rogin
Why Should We Care if National Security Depends on Foreign Rocks Controlled by China? | with Matthew Zolnowski
CHINA-PHILIPPINES AGAIN: Why Should We Care About Beijing’s Renewed Saber-Rattling at Second Thomas Shoal?
Why Should We Care About the Inside Story Behind AUKUS? | with Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos
Why Should We Care About Indonesia’s High-Stakes Balancing Act? | with Aristyo Darmawan
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Why Should We Care About the Shocking Chinese Ship Collision at Scarborough Shoal?
Why Should We Care About Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's Unrequited Love Affair with Xi Jinping? | with Marites Vitug and Camille Elemia
SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL GUEST: Why Should We Care About The Pacific Island Country Standing Up To China?
Why Should We Care About Taiwan’s Recall Election Stunner? | with Kharis Templeman
Why Should the Indo-Pacific Care About War in the Middle East? | with Zack Cooper
Why Should We Care if Australia’s Prime Minister Spends a Week in China? | with Andrew Phelan
Why Should We Care About the Defense of the Philippines? | with Philippine Defense Secretary Teodoro
Why Should We Care About the Cambodia-Thailand Border Conflict? | with Ambassador Pou Sothirak
Why Should We Care if China is the Superpower of Seafood? | with Ian Urbina
Why Should We Care if South Korea Finally Has a New President? | with Gordon Flake
Why Should We Care About Techno-Nationalism in the Indo-Pacific? | with Alex Capri
Why Should We Care About America's "Offensively Meager" Defense Budget? | with U.S. Congressman Don Bacon
Why Should We Care About a US-Japan-Australia-Philippines Defense Pact? | with Dr. Ely Ratner
Chinese Aggression Fuels Indo-Pacific Gray Zone Wars: Bonus Crossover Episode
Why Should We Care if Now Everyone Thinks COVID-19 Escaped from a Lab (and China Covered it Up)? | with Jim Geraghty
Why Should We Care About China's Gray Zone Influence Campaign in the Pacific Islands? | with Cleo Paskal
Illuminating Chinese Military Activity in the Indo-Pacific Region: Bonus Crossover Episode
Why Should We Care About China’s Human Rights Abuses? | with Luke de Pulford
Why Should We Care Whether America Has Enough Airlift? | with General Mike Minihan
Why Should We Care About the India-Pakistan Border Conflict? | with Nitin A. Gokhale
Why Should We Care About Australia’s Remarkable Election Results? | with Mick McNeill and Michael Rowland
Why Should We Care About Asia’s Growing Energy Needs? | with Paul Everingham
Bonus Crossover Episode with China Global Podcast: China-Korea Yellow Sea Dispute
Why Should We Care About U.S.-Australia Relations in the Age of Trump? | with Former Ambassador Joe Hockey
Why Should We Care if China Gains Influence Because of U.S. Tariffs? | with Mark Lambert
Bonus Crossover Episode with the China Global South Podcast: Ray Powell on the South China Sea
Why Should We Care Who Wins the U.S.-China Trade War? | with Steven Okun
Why Should We Care About Vietnam’s South China Sea Island-Building Campaign? | with Bill Hayton
Why Should We Care How Southeast Asia Responds to Trump’s Tariffs? | with John Goyer
Why Should We Care How Japan Responds to Trump’s Tariffs? | with Chris Johnstone
Why Should We Care About U.S.-India Relations as the Trump 2.0 Era Dawns?
Why Should We Care Why Asia’s Not Afraid of “America First”?
Why Should We (and Especially Taiwan) Care About China's New "Invasion Barges"?
Why Should We Care About "Dark Fleets"?
Why Should We Care About the Philippines’ Marcos-Duterte Feud?
Why Should the Indo-Pacific Care About Trump’s Tariffs?
Why Should We Care if China is Sabotaging Taiwan’s Subsea Cables?
Why Should We Care About Airpower in the Indo-Pacific?
Why Should We Care Whether the U.S. Can Build Enough Submarines for AUKUS?
Why Should We Care About Asia's Scam Syndicates?
Why Should We Care if China Dominates the Critical Minerals Supply Chain?
Why Should We Care About Thailand's Chaotic Politics?
Why Should We Care if USAID Gets "Curb-Stomped"?
Why Should We Care About the Quad?
Why Should We Care About Drone Warfare in the Indo-Pacific?
Why Should We Care About China's Gray-Zone Warfare?
Why Should We Care About China's 'Silent Invasion' of America's Homeland?
Why Should We Care if China's Military is Ready for War?
Why Should We Care if China's Military is Ready for War?
Why Should We Care About Trump’s Indo-Pacific Policies?
Why Should We Care About the U.S.-Japan Alliance?
Special Year-End Episode: Why Should We Care About 2024 in the Indo-Pacific?
Why Should We Care if Companies are Forced to Choose Between the U.S. and China?
Why Should We Care About the Changing Indo-Pacific Business Environment?
Why Should We Care About Indonesia's Prabowo Era?
Why Should We Care About what the Pacific Islands Think?
Why Should We Care About What the Hell Just Happened in South Korea?
Why Should We Care About the Kuomintang, Taiwan's Opposition Party?
Why Should We Care Whether China can be Deterred?
Why Should the Philippines Care About Trump 2.0?
Why Should We Care About India's Strategic Autonomy?
Why Should We Care About Economic Decoupling with China?
Why Should We Care About China's Spies?
Why Should We Care About how China Became a Great Power?
Why Should We Care About the Future of AUKUS?
Why Should We Care About North Korea’s Military Cooperation with Russia?
Why Should We Care if Supply Chains with China are Breaking?
Why Should We Care About Human Trafficking in Vietnam?
Why Should We Care About Donald Trump's Approach to U.S. National Security?
Why Should We Care if Malaysia is Moving Toward China?
Why Should We Care About the Future of Hong Kong?
Why Should the Indo-Pacific Care if it's Trump or Harris?
Why Should We Care About the South China Sea's New Flashpoint?
Why Should We Care About Indonesia's New President?
Why Should We Care if India is Deprioritizing its Navy?
Why Should We Care if AI can Predict Future Crises?
Why Should Southeast Asia Care about Maritime Law?
Why Should We Care if We Can't Produce Enough Weapons?
Why Should We Care About ASEAN Centrality?
Why Should We Care About the AUKUS Submarine?
Why Should We Care About China's Criminal Gaming Syndicates?
Why Should We Care About America's Lost Indo-Pacific Decade?
Why Should We Care About China's Wolf Warrior Diplomats?
Why Should We Care if India Becomes the World's Third Largest Economy?
Why Should We Care About China's Foreign Influence Operations?
Why Should We Care About Taiwan's "Davidson Window"?
Why Should We Care What Singapore Thinks?
Why Should We Care About the Pacific Island Countries?
Why Should We Care About America's Defense Priorities?
Why Should We Care About the Outlaw Ocean?
Why Should We Care About Myanmar's Civil War?
Why Should We Care About America's Indo-Pacific Allies?
Why Should We Care About the Defense of Taiwan?
Why Should We Care About Southeast Asian Economies?
Why Should We Care if China is Harassing Philippine Ships?
Why Should We Care About Beijing's Cyber Aggression?
Why Should We Care if China has the World's Biggest Navy?
Why Should We Care About the U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Summit?
Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific? (Pilot)