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Podcast: STATE OF ASIA

Engaging Conversations with Leading Minds

 

The STATE OF ASIA podcast brings you exclusive, engaging conversations with leading minds on issues that shape Asia and affect us all.

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SEASON 5 (Fall 2023)

 

Featuring conversations with iconic veteran of diplomacy Bilahari Kausikan, former Ambassador and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, Alexander Gabuev, Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Simona Grano, Senior Fellow at Asia Society's Center for China Analysis and Associate Professor at the University of Zurich, C. Raja Mohan of the Asia Society Policy Institute in Delhi on the State of Europe, and, chef Fuchsia Dunlop – master of Chinese cuisine.

Some of them spoke at last year's STATE OF ASIA conference on November 22, 2023, in Zurich. The evening before, Bilahari delivered the State of Asia Address, which is now available as a podcast here.

SEASON 4 (Spring 2023)

 

Featuring Pakistan's Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman, renowned sinologist Marina Rudyak, CSIS fellow and expert on Vietnam and Southeast Asia Huong Le Thu, Taiwan journalist Brian Hioe, India expert Amrita Narlikar and Evan Feigenbaum, vice-president at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Listen to all episodes right here, or in your favorite podcast app.

SEASON 3 (Fall 2022)

Featuring in-depth conversations on developments in Asia with perspectives from Leni Robredo, the 14th Vice President of the Philippines; Tomohiko Taniguchi, Special Advisor to Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister, the late Shinzo Abe; C. Raja Mohan, one of India's foremost foreign policy thinkers and Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New Delhi; Agatha Kratz, who leads research on E.U.-China relations at Rhodium Group; and James Crabtree, Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia in Singapore.

All of them were present in Zurich at the inaugural STATE OF ASIA conference.

BONUS EPISODES

Special bonus episodes feature insights from around our network and straight from some of the many events organized by Asia Society Switzerland.

 

 

STATE OF ASIA podcast

Hosts: Serena Jung, Nico Luchsinger, Remko Tanis – Asia Society Switzerland

Editor/Producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager – Asia Society Switzerland

All Episodes

  • Yuki Tatsumi
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    State of Asia with Yuki Tatsumi

    Skirmishes in the South China Sea, tensions surrounding Taiwan: things can escalate quickly. It makes Japan nervous, as it tries to balance engaging China with deterring its powerful neighbor, says security policy expert Yuki Tatsumi.
  • Alicja Bachulska
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    State of Asia with Alicja Bachulska

    Views of China in Central and Eastern Europe range from Hungary, eager to be Beijing’s best friend, to the adverse Baltics. Hear Warsaw-based China analyst Alicja Bachulska on the unique experiences the region has with Beijing.
  • Indira Ranamagar
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    State of Asia with Indira Ranamagar

    Deputy Speaker of Nepal’s House of Representatives, Indira Ranamagar, on protests, the need to build roads without destroying mountains, and the crucial need to create opportunities for young Nepali, to secure the country’s future.
  • Nalin Mehta

    State of Asia with Nalin Mehta

    As India heads to the polls, political scientist and journalist Nalin Mehta looks at how the ruling BJP has solidified its position and what Prime Minister Modi might set as priorities in his likely second decade as India's leader.
  • Oxford Debate_Will Asia's Rise Lead to a New World Order?
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    Will Asia's Rise Lead to a New World Order?

    How is the world order changing, as the balance of power shifts east? Is it even changing? Listen to a debate between four experts laying out whether or not we're witnessing the beginnings of a new world order.