Geopulse: Guns - Gadgets - Genes - Germs
Geopulse explores the geopolitics of flesh, steel and code—where human and machine intelligence co-engineer the future of global power. Each episode delves into the 3Cs: Cooperation, Competition, and Conflict across defense, biotech, AI, cyber and surveillance domains. With expert guests and panelists from around the world, we decode how guns - gadgets - genes and germs are reshaping alliances, strategy and security in the 21st century.
Geopulse: Guns - Gadgets - Genes - Germs
Episode 2. A World in Flux: Ambassador Ronald Neumann on Conflict, Diplomacy and the Future of Power
In this episode of Geopulse, the host Tamim Asey sits down with Ambassador Ronald Neumann—former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Algeria and Bahrain, and currently the President of the American Academy of Diplomacy—to explore some of the most urgent geopolitical questions shaping our world.
Our conversation spans:
🔸 The collapse of the Afghan Republic and the future of the Taliban’s Emirate
🔸 Prospects for international engagement with Afghanistan without recognition
🔸 Middle East realignments, the Israel–Iran confrontation, and Saudi Arabia’s transformation
🔸 China’s expanding influence in the Gulf and global power politics
🔸 The rise of authoritarian strongmen and the erosion of the rules-based international order
🔸 U.S. foreign policy in a multipolar world and advice for the next generation of diplomats
Ambassador Neumann draws on decades of experience in diplomacy and conflict zones to offer clear-eyed analysis and reflections on how today’s challenges connect to larger global trends.
Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on war, diplomacy, power and the uncertain road ahead.
