US President Joe Biden is expecting a 45-day update on a US investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The investigation, led by the US intelligence services, is drawing widespread media attention, with scientists, political scientists and health experts weighing in on the polarising hypothesis of whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
While evidence to support the lab leak theory remains purely circumstantial, the US investigation comes amid strained relations between Beijing and Washington, particularly as the Biden Administration considers further actions in response to Beijing’s crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, and its treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
How may Washington's virus origin investigation shape the direction of travel for already fraught Sino-US relations? With Covid-19 still affecting much of the world, how will the ongoing feud between the two world's largest economies affect our response to this and future pandemics?
Join your host Justin Crump, CEO of Sibylline, along with Guo Yu, our Lead Analyst for Asia-Pacific and resident China expert, James Hannan, our Americas Analyst and avid Covid-watcher, and John Breen, Lead Analyst for Global Risks.
Discussing the Diplomatic Boycotts of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games
Discussing the Presidential Elections in Libya
Discussing Global Covid-19 Trends and the Omicron Variant
Discussing the latest Russian military build-up and the likelihood of war in Ukraine
Discussing the Terrorist Attack on Remembrance Sunday
Regional stability further undermined by Sudan‘s disrupted transition and deteriorating military conflict in Ethiopia
Discussing the up-and-coming UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)
Discussing the Rising Situation in Lebanon
China-Taiwan: Persistent Tensions, Possible Flashpoints and Potential Implications
Discussing the up and coming Elections in Iraq
Discussing the upcoming Bundestag elections
Discussing the Coup in Guinea
Legislative Elections in Russia
The State of Global Terrorism on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
Discussing the Crisis in Haiti after the Earthquake and Tropical Storm.
Discussing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Discussing the IPCC's 2021 Climate Change Report
Hungary and Poland: In the wake of the Pegasus scandal, tensions with the EU rise over rule-of-law and media freedoms
Mounting Political Crisis Threatens Tunisia's Democracy
Socio-economic unrest threatens to disrupt South Africa's recovery
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