#13 Pt. 5 - Pressure Points - Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and the Future of Contested Power
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#13 Pt. 5 - Pressure Points - Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and the Future of Contested Power
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Welcome back to Diplomacy and Discourse, and thank you for joining us for the final installment of our five-part series on power politics. In this episode, we zoom in on today’s global flashpoints—Ukraine, Taiwan, the South China Sea—and unpack how these battlegrounds are reshaping the balance of power.
From Russia’s costly war in Ukraine to China’s tightening grip over the Indo-Pacific, we examine how military aggression, spheres of influence, economic leverage, and strategic ambiguity are rewriting the rules of international engagement. This isn’t just about war—it’s about control, prestige, survival, and the future of a fragmented world order.
We tackle the rise (and potential fall) of multipolarity, the contradictions in America’s foreign policy, and why spheres of influence—once thought obsolete—are roaring back. By connecting the dots across regions and history, this episode sheds light on how today’s great-power tensions echo past rivalries while forging new global fault lines.
🎧 Tune in as we bring this series to a close with a clear-eyed look at what’s happening now, and where we might be headed next.
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