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.
Episodes
21 episodes
Decoding the Trump-Xi Summit Outcome: Constructive Strategic Stability
Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper brings together two conversations to break down the strategic meaning of the Trump-Xi summit. Mira’s conversation with TAG China Managing Director Han Lin unpacks how Beijing framed the meeting aroun...
Single Combat: Trump, Xi, and the High-Stakes Summit
As President Trump and President Xi prepare for a closely watched Beijing summit, TAG Chairman and Co-Founder Kurt Campbell joins Host and Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper to break down why "modest" deliverables can still carry historic conseque...
What to Expect from Trump-Xi Summit: A New Cold War, Managed Competition, or Détente?
As President Trump heads to Beijing for a long-anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper is joined by The Wall Street Journal’s Chief China Correspondent Lingling Wei to break down the me...
What's on the Table for Taiwan at Trump-Xi Summit?
As attention turns to Trump–Xi summit in mid-May, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper speaks with Managing Partner Ambassador Kurt Tong about what’s really at stake for Taiwan. Tong argues that Beijing’s approach is often less dramatic...
China, Iran, and the Gulf: What Beijing Seeks from the War
The world is watching the war in Iran — and so is Beijing. In this episode of What Comes Next?, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper speaks with Michael Singh, managing director and Steven D. Levy senior fellow at The Washington Institu...
Gulf Under Pressure: Trade Routes, Investor Confidence, and the China Factor
Since February 28th, Gulf states have faced an unprecedented test: blocked shipping lanes, reduced energy production, and a geopolitical risk premium that has shaken investor confidence. How are they holding up and what do they want from a last...
How Southeast Asia Weathered the Energy Security Shock Caused by the Iran War
TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper hosts TAG Managing Principal Jennifer Schuch-Page to explain why Southeast Asia’s energy security has been among the hardest hit by the war in Iran and the resulting Strait of Hormuz closure. With high depend...
How Japan's Sanae Takaichi Is Navigating Trump, China, And the War in Iran
With the Iran conflict threatening Japan's energy supply, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper is joined by TAG Principal David Boling and Vice President Yuka Hayashi to explore how Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is navigating t...
The Delayed Trump-Xi Summit: Beijing's Relief and the Competition to Wield “Positional Power”
With President Trump’s planned trip to Beijing postponed as Washington focuses on the war with Iran, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper checks in with TAG Partner George Chen, joining remotely from Beijing after the China Development ...
Trump-Takaichi Summit Preview: Iran War, Tariffs, and China Pressure
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives in Washington for a high-stakes summit with U.S. President Donald Trump—just as the Iran war and calls to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collide with Japan’s constitutional limits and energy dependenc...
Critical Minerals, China, and Supply Chain Geopolitics
Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper sits down with the Financial Times journalist Camilla Hodgson for a clear-eyed look at the geopolitics of critical minerals. They break down where China is dominant across supply chains — from mining...
How China Recalculates Its U.S. Strategy Amid the War in Iran
With global attention fixed on escalating conflict in the Middle East, China is quietly recalculating its strategic position. In this episode, TAG Managing Principal Brett Fetterly joins Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper to explore h...
How SCOTUS’ Ruling on IEEPA Created Both Uncertainty and Predictability
In this episode, Host and TAG Senior Advisor Mira Rapp-Hooper is joined by Inu Manak, Senior Fellow for International Trade at Council on Foreign Relations, to unpack the Supreme Court decision to overturn the president’s use of emergency tarif...
Balancing Acts: Southeast Asia Between Trump and Beijing
Southeast Asia is sometimes seen as playing second fiddle to its larger Northeast Asian neighbors like China and Japan, despite its massive economic power and market. In this episode, Executive Producer Lauren Dueck steps in for Mira for a conv...
Japan's Avalanche Election: What Takaichi's Victory Means
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decision to call a snap election delivered a historic landslide, reshaping Japan’s political landscape overnight. In this special episode, our executive producer steps in for Mira to introduce a conversation with...
Ashok Malik on the World According to Modi
How does Narendra Modi view the world amidst a shifting global order? In this episode, Host Mira Rapp-Hooper speaks with TAG Partner and Chair of India Practice Ashok Malik about India’s rapidly evolving role in global affairs under the leaders...
Colin Kahl on The Myth of the AI Race
Is “the AI race” a myth? Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Colin Kahl argues that rather than a winner-take-all AI race, we’re heading for an AI bipolarity, where the U.S. leads in some aspects, like frontier mo...
Sophia Gaston on Greenland and Transatlantic Tensions
After repeatedly reiterating his ambition to take over Greenland — the world's largest island, rich in strategic value and natural resources — for American national security interests, U.S. President Donald Trump shocked NATO allies by announci...
Jason Furman on the Fed, Tariffs, and the AI-Fueled Gamble Shaping 2026
In this timely conversation, economist Jason Furman charts the economic terrain after the United States’ “Liberation Day” tariff surge. Furman explains why the worst recession forecasts didn’t materialize: retaliation from allies was muted, som...
Kurt Campbell on Power, Markets, and the Next Order
Host and TAG Partner Mira Rapp-Hooper senses we are living through the end of one era and the emergence of another. With U.S. leadership shifting, China fully risen, and technology transforming every domain, she argues that only by examining th...
Introducing 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 implicatio...