The Asia-Pacific economic region is on the move. New alliances and agreements are being reached, even among competitors such as China and Japan, and Russia and China. The new agreements are also aiming to establish strategic alternatives to the US and the EU. What impact will these new alliances have on the global balance of power?

Guests:

Tom Goeller, freelance journalist and political analyst of US and Middle Eastern, as well as security affairs.

Mikko Huotari, Head of Programme Foreign Policy and Economic Relations at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).

Jing Möll, journalist based in Berlin since 1999. She also runs a gallery for modern Asian art and an agency that provides cultural and language services in the German capital.

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