In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, host Emily Donahue speaks with Rodger Baker, Senior Vice President for Strategic Analysis at RANE. The subject: the Department of Defense annual report to Congress on developments regarding the Chinese military and the rapid growth of the Chinese Navy, which now has more ships than the United States Navy, and how China’s naval buildup reshape dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region. Rodger Baker’s must-read columns on China’s geopolitical rise and what happens next can be found at RANE Worldview: https://worldview.stratfor.com/.