Beyond 50 Radio Show

For Beyond 50's "Political" talks, listen to an interview with Michael Auslin. A historian, Japan scholar, and Asia security expert, he is the first scholar to explain why Asia is a fractured region hamstrung by stagnation and instability instead of being the cohesive powerhouse so long predicted. Today, China's economy continues to slump, political unrest affects democracies and autocracies alike, demographic crises threaten productivity and prosperity, and the possibility of conflict in the South China Sea grows more threatening. Asia's troubles already are reverberating around the world, affecting everything from stock markets to military plans. As Asian nations navigate economic, political, demographic, and military risks, Auslin reminds us that four countries - China, India, North Korea, and Russia - are nuclear powers, more than 50 percent of the world's population resides in the Indo-Pacific, and the economies of Asia produce nearly 40 percent of total global output. The United States has a ve