Denis Staunton has reported from Washington, London and Berlin. Now, as Irish Times China Correspondent, he is using his new vantage point to make sense of this turbulent era as it looks from outside the Western world. In a new newsletter exclusively for Irish Times subscribers, he writes about what’s happening in geopolitics, why it matters and how it affects you.

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On today’s Inside Politics podcast Denis Staunton talks to Hugh Linehan about some of those themes, including the growing tension between China and Japan, China’s technological advancements and the economic policies of Xi Jinping and the developing situation in Ukraine.