The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new weekly CogitAsia podcast that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo Pacific.

This week host Colm Quinn discusses prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations this year and political considerations on trade in Washington and Tokyo with CSIS Simon Chair Matthew Goodman, then dives into what to expect in Asia’s complex maritime disputes in 2015 with Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper, Director of the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, and Gregory Poling, Fellow with the CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia studies. We also review major news stories from the past week around the region, highlight our Leaderboard profile of the week, as well as our One to Watch news story.

Listen to the podcast for the week of January 16 here: