Introduction

Ankit Pando: It's been a while since we've done one of these episodes, but it's good to be back in Washington. As Summer looms here, so too is diplomacy picking up in the Asian region. We have another really interesting summit over on the other side of the region that we look at this week. The meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the heads of state and government from around Central Asia for the first ever China Central Asia summit in person.