{"podcast":{"title":"On Geopolitics","slug":"on-geopolitics-3626222","podcast_index_feed_id":3626222,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/ehmvghgztxkwzicmgpx94s/","website_url":"https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a5eeb77a-f3c7-4c02-b786-b19063471a55/czZIEkRhOtFNuujNncjk0dFV.png","author":"Centre for Geopolitics","episode_count":87,"summary":"On Geopolitics enters a new chapter with the introduction of two new hosts: Professors William Hurst and John Nilsson-Wright. John hosts “Currents”, engaging guests from diverse sectors including government, academia, media, science, and business, to explore topical global issues and events. Meanwhile Bill hosts “Explorations”, which will present a series of in-depth discussions and analyses of big ideas and enduring themes - the first of these being on “War\". Our original hosts, Suzanne Raine and Professor Ali Ansari make periodic guest reappearances in the future, maintaining what has been the mission of the podcast, to inform our understanding and analysis of contemporary geopolitical issues with lessons and perspectives from history.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222"},"episode":{"title":"Currents - Episode 1: Japan’s foreign policy challenges in the new Trump era","slug":"currents-episode-1-japan-s-foreign-policy-challenges-in-the-new-trump-era","published_at":"2025-07-23T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222/currents-episode-1-japan-s-foreign-policy-challenges-in-the-new-trump-era","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222","url":"https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b53ca5be-f872-4948-82e4-dc0d077dddc4.mp3","summary":"John Nilsson-Wright and Suzanne Raine talk to Nobukatsu Kanehara, former assistant chief cabinet secretary to late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (from 2012-2019) and one of Japan’s leading strategic thinkers. The conversation covers Japan’s diplomatic options in handling security and economic relations with the United States, regional security in the Middle East, the domestic political circumstances faced by the Liberal Democratic Government of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s regional diplomacy in dealing with China and North Korea, nuclear deterrence, alliance policy, and also relations with the new government of President Lee Jae-myung in the Republic of Korea. This podcast is part of a larger Centre for Geopolitics project, Alliances in Alignment , supported by the Korea Foundation, examining the future of trilateral cooperation between the US, South Korea and Japan.","meta_description":"John Nilsson-Wright and Suzanne Raine talk to Nobukatsu Kanehara, former assistant chief cabinet secretary to late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (from 2012-20…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2460,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-geopolitics-3626222/episodes/currents-episode-1-japan-s-foreign-policy-challenges-in-the-new-trump-era/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-geopolitics-3626222/currents-episode-1-japan-s-foreign-policy-challenges-in-the-new-trump-era.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}