Derisky Business

About Derisky Business

“Derisky Business” is a show that explores economic security issues within the broader national security and foreign policy landscape. Hosts Emily Kilcrease and Geoffrey Gertz dive into the weeds on issues like export controls, tariffs, and trade, linking these issues to broader debates on how to advance U.S. global economic leadership during times of geopolitical turbulence. Listen for new episodes bi-weekly, and check out other podcasts from the Center for a New American Security at cnas.org/connect/podcasts. This podcast is supported in part by Amazon and by general support to the CNAS Energy, Economics & Security Program.

Publisher

Center for a New American Security

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 May 2024

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

65 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   China’s Broken Economy with Logan Wright

   China expert Logan Wright joins Emily and Geoff to talk about China’s broken economy. He explains why the country isn’t going back to high growth rates anytime soon, and what the structural issues driving China’s broken economy mean for U.S. economic and strategic interests. Logan’s new book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the U.S.-China relationship - how we got to where we are and how economic factors will drive the strategic relationship moving forward.Logan Wright is the author of Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What It Means for the World (coming out this week!) and a partner at the Rhodium Group where he leads the China Markets Research work. Logan Wright, Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What It Means for the WorldLogan Wright, Rhodium GroupLogan Wright, “China’s Moment of Weakness: Economic Decay and America’s Strategic Opening,” Foreign Affairs Endeavour Tian and Logan Wright, Examining China’s AI Financing, Rhodium GroupPatrick McGee, Apple in China Yakov Feygin, Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   The Trouble with America’s Oil Deal in Venezuela with Francisco Monaldi

   Energy expert Francisco Monaldi joins Emily and Geoff to discuss the U.S. government’s unusual oil deal in Venezuela. They get into the decades of missteps and corruption that have hampered Venezuela’s oil sector, the deep seated institutional changes that would be needed to bring production back to historical levels, and why you probably shouldn’t assume the contract the U.S. government just signed will actually last 100 years, as it says on paper.Francisco J. Monaldi is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy and director of the Latin America Energy Program at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Francisco Monaldi, Baker Institute for Public PolicyThe White House, Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Historic Oil Agreement to Secure American Energy Dominance and Drive Venezuela’s Economic Recovery, August 31, 2026Francisco Monaldi, “Without Institutional Change, Venezuela’s Oil Bonanza Remains Unviable,” Americas Quarterly, January 26, 2026Francisco Monaldi, Igor Hernandez, and Jose La Rosa, “The collapse of the Venezuelan oil industry: The role of above-ground risks limiting foreign investment,” Resources PolicyFrancisco Monaldi, “The Cyclical Phenomenon of Resource Nationalism in Latin America,” Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American PoliticsRomulo Betancourt, Venezuela's oil

3. 

   27 Aug 2026

   Whither the Taiwan Sanctions Coalition? with James Crabtree

   James Crabtree joins the podcast to discuss the new CNAS report he co-authored with Emily, Whither the Coalition? Assessing the Prospects of a Diverse Sanctions Coalition in Defense of Taiwan. Geoff, Emily, and James discuss the prospects of India, Singapore, and Germany joining the United States in a possible future Taiwan contingency scenario, including the political and economic constraints each country would weigh in making such a decision.James Crabtree is an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security Program and a London-based geopolitical analyst and author with extensive experience working in Asia.Emily Kilcrease and James Crabtree, Whither the Coalition: Assessing the Prospects of a Diverse Sanctions Coalition in Defense of Taiwan, CNAS, August 18, 2026Matthew Mingey, Laura Gormley, and Logan Wright, Avoiding entanglement: G20 responses in a Taiwan crisis, The Atlantic Council and The Rhodium Group, November 12, 2024Howard Shatz et al., Economic Deterrence in a China Contingency, RAND, November 6, 2025James Crabtree, The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India’s New Gilded AgeJames Crabtree, The Perimeter: America's Struggle for Primacy in the PacificSadanand Dhume, The Unpredictable Rise and Uncertain Future of Modern India

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

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Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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