<p>Prashanth Parameswaran joins the Asia Geopolitics podcast to explain how multialignment shapes Southeast Asia’s foreign policy and the region’s strategic importance.</p><p>Today on The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) are joined by an old friend, Prashanth Parameswaran -- now a senior columnist at The Diplomat and a fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security -- to discuss his latest book, “<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/115515/9789819575299"><u>Mandalas of Multialignment: Hedging Bets in Southeast Asia Grand Strategy Spheres, Foreign and Security Policy Webs, and Global Geopolitics and Geoeconomics</u></a>.” In the realm of geopolitics, few regions are as dynamic and strategically significant as Southeast Asia. Amid intensifying rivalry between the United States and China, Southeast Asia is critical.</p><p>You can subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/diplomat-asia-geopolitics/id852773346?mt=2"><u>on Apple Podcasts</u></a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5GSBN1zEZJclQ17BP23c3n"><u>Spotify</u></a>; and watch the episode on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Thediplomatmagazine"><u>YouTube</u></a>.</p><p><br></p>