The Reorient! Podcast

Welcome to the era of friend shoring and nearshoring.  The breakdown of the supply chain during the pandemic highlighted the risk of concentrating your manufacturing base half way around the world.  For many years now there have been growing headwinds for China-based exporters.  Rising US-China tensions, increased labor costs, and less favorable local policies meant

E 38 / Cooperation, Competition and Conflict: Scott Moore on US-China relations and Cross-border ThreatsThe current state of US-China relations is poor to say the least.  In addition to concerns over a potential conflict in Taiwan and opposing policies towards the war in Ukraine, we have witnessed a general deterioration in trust and willingness to partner in virtually any sph

Dr. William H. Overholt is a distinguished Asia Expert with five decades of experience in research, analysis, and advisory for leading investment banks, think tanks, government and educational institutions.  He is a prolific author with a broad set of knowledge and experience he leverages to bring insights into Asia's complex social and political context.  Overholt's asse

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Sign up for our newsletter at https://www.reorientpodcast.com o receive a private RSS feed for full episodes!Dr. Kumudu Gunasekera is a management consultant and strategic advisor to private equity firms, public and privately held corporations, and Fortune 100 global organizations. Throughout his career he has delivered actionable insights to clients worldwide.  A proven probl

What is China?  It is a simple question but one that cannot be properly without the help of reading Bill Hayton's book,  'The invention of China'.    And, why is the conflict over sovereignty of the Spratly and Paracel islands and atolls so intractable?  To understand this also requires reading another one of his works, 'The South China Sea, The Struggle fo

David P. Goldman is Deputy Editor of Asia Times, where he has written the "Spengler" column since 2000, and a Washington Fellow of the Claremont Institute. His books include How Civilizations Die (2011), It's Not the End of the World -- It's Just the End of You (2011), and You Will Be Assimilated: China's Plan to Sino-Form the World (2020). He publishes in The Wall Street Journal,

James Fok, Author of Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets. "James Fok’s book highlights the explosive risks in the relationship between the US and China today. It also offers insights into fundamental driving forces of international frictions and is a call to take urgently necessary steps to address the sources of conflict." - Klaus Schwab, F

A diplomat for nearly thirty years, Ted Osius served from 2014 to 2017 as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, a country he has loved since serving there in the 1990s, when he helped open the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and was one of the first U.S. diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi. Leading a mission team of 900, Ambassador Osius devised and implemented strategies

Dan Szuc and Josephine Wong, cofounders of Make Meaningful Work, discuss their passion for helping find work that is personally meaningful and impactful.