Contributor(s): Mohid Rehman Malik, Chris Gilson, Joshua Kurlantzick | In February 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations about his new book, Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign To Influence Asia and the World. They also discussed the effectiveness of China’s efforts to expand its global media influence, from its pitfalls to successes. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Anderson Tan.

Contributor(s): Professor Susan Shirk, Chris Gilson, Mohid Rehman Malik | In January 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Susan Shirk, Research Professor and Chair of the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego about her new book, Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise. They also discussed how China’s leadership in recent decades has influenced the country’s relationship with the United States, and the steps that both could take to improve that relationship. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Anderson Tan.

Contributor(s): Mohid Rehman Malik, Chris Gilson | In December 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Dr Tasseli McKay, National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology at Duke University, about her new book, Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration. Their discussion covered mass incarceration in the US, the case for reparations, and principles of transitional justice. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Anderson Tan.

Contributor(s): Professor Glenn Loury, Mohid Rehman Malik | In May 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Glenn Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at Brown University, on the role of identity politics in the United States. In their discussion, they situated Black American experience within the context of identity politics, and how this has done little to correct existing racial inequalities in the United States. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Anderson Tan.

Contributor(s): | In November 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government at Cornell University, about China and the future of the international order. They also discussed President Biden’s approach to China, and the future of US-China relations. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Anderson Tan.

Contributor(s): Professor Taylor Fravel | In November 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Taylor Fravel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about China’s Belt and Road Initiative. They discussed the history and recent developments of the Belt and Road Initiative, the political implications of this project, and the US’ responses to it. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Anderson Tan. Take me out to the Ball game’ by Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” used with permission.

Contributor(s): Professor Rana Mitter | On 27 September 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford about China’s changing national narrative. They also discussed nationalism in China and the ways China has engaged in revisionist history with regards to its conception of the current international order. This Extra Inning was produced by Anderson Tan. Take me out to the Ball game’ by Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” used with permission.

Contributor(s): Marie Yovanovitch | On 25 January 2023, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke with Marie Yovanovitch, who was the United States’ Ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 to 2019. She has also held posts as US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, and from 2001 to 2004 she was Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is the author of the new book, Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir. They discussed US-Ukraine relations, the role of diplomacy in resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and European security.  This Extra Inning was produced by Anderson Tan. ‘Take me out to the Ball game’ by Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” used with permission.

Contributor(s): Dr James Morrison | In June 2022, the Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson spoke to Centre Affiliate Professor James Morrison about his new book, England's Cross of Gold Keynes, Churchill, and the Governance of Economic Beliefs (Cornell University Press, 2021). They also discussed the history of the gold standard in the UK, and what research on economic and monetary history can tell us about the current moment. This Extra Inning was produced by Anderson Tan. Take me out to the Ball game’ by Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” used with permission.

Contributor(s): Professor Mary Kaldor | On 9 June 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Mary Kaldor of the LSE about ways to reimagine a future European security framework. They also discussed the importance of empowering the local civil society groups in Russia and Ukraine that oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Emmanuel Olugbenga.