What Comes Next with Mira Rapp-Hooper

About What Comes Next with Mira Rapp-Hooper

The world order that defined the last three decades has unraveled. What replaces it will shape the future of business, technology, and power. In this podcast, Mira Rapp-Hooper explores the forces driving this transformation and their implications. Each episode pulls one thread of today’s geopolitical upheaval to reveal how governments and businesses are adapting, and what it means for you. Mira brings a rare mix of policy experience and business insight. From senior roles at the White House to her current work at The Asia Group, she’s helped navigate the challenges of global competition. Now, she shares sharp, practical lessons drawn from her own experience and conversations with the world’s leading strategists.

Publisher

The Asia Group

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jan 2026

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Not the End, Just the Beginning: The Middle East After Eight Months of War

   Nearly eight months into the war with Iran, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper sits down with Raad Alkadiri, a Middle East and energy expert at CSIS and managing partner at 3TEN32 Associates, to take stock of a conflict he says is a manifestation of deeper changes, not their cause. Raad explains why there is no going back to the pre-war status quo, how energy security, redundancy, and resilience are now driving policy from Asia to the Gulf, and who is winning and losing in the short...

2. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Trump-Xi and Asia's Confidence in Washington

   As Xi Jinping prepares to travel to Washington for a major summit with President Trump, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper speaks with Kurt Campbell, TAG chairman and former deputy secretary of state, about what this moment means for U.S.-China relations and America's role in Asia. Campbell argues the summit may be less about major policy breakthroughs than "summit as spectacle," even as both countries remain locked in strategic competition over AI, Taiwan, and trade. The discussion...

3. 

   30 Jul 2026

   Trump's Tariff Wall Is Back

   In this episode of What Comes Next, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper speaks with David Boling, TAG Managing Director for Japan, about the next phase of U.S. tariff policy. Boling explains how the Trump administration is using Section 301 to rebuild tariffs after a Supreme Court setback, why the forced labor investigation reached so many U.S. trading partners, and what Japan's 12.5% tariff rate means in practice. The discussion also looks ahead to the next Section 301 investigation...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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