{"podcast":{"title":"State of Play","slug":"state-of-play-7362368","podcast_index_feed_id":7362368,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/stateofplay","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a6d067b8-4081-11f0-8b9f-a73a8cdc6989/image/f9e2c5eed72353e38cfb9391341954a0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Center for Strategic and International Studies","episode_count":34,"summary":"The world order has been disrupted, and a new international system is emerging. Hosted by Will Todman, State of Play unpacks the biggest geopolitical developments of the week. Every episode brings together CSIS’s leading regional experts to explore how global power is shifting, how allies and adversaries are responding, and what it all means for the future of international order. State of Play is produced by Cera Baker.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/state-of-play-7362368"},"episode":{"title":"Has the Iran war upended U.S.-China negotiations?","slug":"has-the-iran-war-upended-u-s-china-negotiations","published_at":"2026-04-09T14:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/state-of-play-7362368/has-the-iran-war-upended-u-s-china-negotiations","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/state-of-play-7362368","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5341363726.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS5341363726.mp3","summary":"President Trump delayed his planned summit with Xi Jinping from March to May due to the war with Iran. Scott Kennedy and Brian Hart join Will to assess the war's impact on the talks, if the war has changed China's negotiating strategy, and if we should expect a different outcome from the May summit as a result of the delay. Scott Kennedy, \"The United States Needs a Coherent China Policy,\" CSIS, October 6, 2025. Bonny Lin, \"Why a Venezuela-Style Operation Would Backfire for Beijing,\" CSIS, January 9, 2026.","meta_description":"President Trump delayed his planned summit with Xi Jinping from March to May due to the war with Iran. Scott Kennedy and Brian Hart join Will to assess th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1697,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/state-of-play-7362368/episodes/has-the-iran-war-upended-u-s-china-negotiations/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/state-of-play-7362368/has-the-iran-war-upended-u-s-china-negotiations.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}