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Radio New Zealand July 17, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined Radio New Zealand’s “The Detail” to break down India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to New Zealand and its implications for India’s economic and...
Center for Strategic and International Studies July 7, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies to discuss the role of outside parties at the Sixteenth Annual South China Sea Conference.
Radio Free Asia June 8, 2026
By expanding its network of harbors across the Spratlys, Hanoi is making it easier to move personnel, supplies and equipment between its occupied features and the mainland to sustain..."
Lynn Kuok
Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies, Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies @LynnKuok
Word on the Street June 3, 2026
Philip Gordon joined J Street’s “Word on the Street” podcast to discuss the war in Iran and the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Philip H. Gordon
Sydney Stein, Jr. Scholar - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @PhilGordonDC
U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum June 2, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum to discuss the recent Quad summit and the implications of the Trump-Xi summit.
Center for Strategic and International Studies May 28, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies to examine the outcomes of the Quad ministerial meeting in India and the path forward.
Grand Tamasha May 27, 2026
Tanvi Madan joined Grand Tamasha to break down India’s political landscape and the trajectory of the BJP with Milan Vaishnav and Sadanand Dhume.
New York Times May 23, 2026
They [Indian officials] will particularly seek to understand the significance of Washington agreeing to a ‘constructive relationship of strategic stability’ with Beijing.
Foreign Policy May 22, 2026
China is also concerned about instability, and if Russian weapons and technology are getting to North Korea—which likes to march to its own drumbeat—that could be destabilizing…That’s..."
Andrew Yeo
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies @AndrewIYeoExperts
Michael E. O’Hanlon
Director of Research
- Foreign Policy,
Director
- Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Co-Director
- Africa Security Initiative,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy
Mireya Solís
Director
- Center for Asia Policy Studies,
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies,
Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies
