Geopulse: Guns - Gadgets - Genes - Germs
Episodes
SPECIAL EPISODE. A World on Edge: Shashank Joshi on President Trump's Bagram airbase nostalgia, Afg-Pak tensions, Ukraine and China's War Machine
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean when a sitting US President keeps demanding the return of a lost airbase? President Trump has repeatedly asked for the return of Bag...
Episode 8. Atomic Backfires in a New Nuclear Age: Dr. Stephen Herzog on a Crumbling Nuclear Order, Missile Shields, New Wars and Old Bombs
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nuclear order stands at a crossroads. Treaties strain, rivalries deepen and emerging technologies chall...
Episode 7. Firewalls and Frontiers: Dr. Edward Lemon on his book and Eurasia’s Rebellion Against Chinese Authoritarian Tech and Subtle Algorithmic Rule
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Geopulse, host Tamim Asey sits down with Professor Edward Lemon — one of the world’s leading experts on authoritarianism, secur...
Episode 6. The Empire Report: Yaroslav Trofimov on Ukraine, the Middle East, Books authored and the Grand Arc of History
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this riveting episode of Geopulse, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Yaroslav Trofimov joins host Tamim Asey for an extraordinary jou...
Episode 5. Echoes from the Steppe: Bruce Pannier on Central Asia’s Cartographic Curse, Water Wars and Quest for Geopolitical Identity
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Few voices have captured the pulse of Central Asia with the clarity, depth and integrity of Bruce Pannier. As a widely respected journalist and vetera...
Episode 4. Between Legacy and Liberation: Dr. Anna Jordanova on Central Asia’s Geometry to Pivot from Imperial Shadows
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Geopulse, host Tamim Asey is joined by Dr. Anna Jordanova — a rising voice on Central Asian geopolitics, Associate Fellow at the ...
Episode 3. Power, Paranoia and Proxy Wars: Michael Kugelman Maps the Strategic Storms of South Asia
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this explosive episode of Geopulse, host Tamim Asey sits down with Michael Kugelman, former Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Cent...
Episode 2. A World in Flux: Ambassador Ronald Neumann on Conflict, Diplomacy and the Future of Power
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Geopulse, the host Tamim Asey sits down with Ambassador Ronald Neumann—former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Algeria and Bahrain...
Episode 1. The War You Don’t See: Kathy Gannon on Conflict, Power and Truth
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of Geopulse, host Tamim Asey sits down with legendary journalist Kathy Gannon, whose decades of fearless reporting from Afgh...
The Trailer
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome aboard!