Briefing Room: Inside China's New Overseas Base. And More.
Simon Whistler · October 9, 2026 · 18 min video · China & Indo-Pacific
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What this episode covers
Beijing's second overseas base is taking shape in Laos, ISWAP's purges have cost it a thousand fighters, and Islamic State is testing Iraq's defences days after the US withdrawal.
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Welcome back to the briefing room, the weekly show that asks the age of a
Question, am I
Depressed or do I just know too much about geopolitics?
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