Australians are getting economically coerced by China but not everyone knows why.  Militarism is bad, but militarists who've never been in a fight are the worst.  What North Korea has in store for Biden in 2021.  A hypersonic missile arms race is coming to Asia, but is anyone paying attention?  And if Trump were throw a coup, how would we know in advance?  Also this episode: Van recommends some reading for budding IR scholars.John Culver Tweet: https://twitter.com/JohnCulver689/status/1326323417436581890?s=19James Palmer Tweet: https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1325700686957391872?s=19Paul Musgrave Tweet: https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1325555760944787457?s=19Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Pete McKenzie, Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell