State of Asia
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago -The STATE OF ASIA podcast brings you exclusive, engaging conversations with leading minds on issues that shape Asia and affect us all. AND: bonus episodes with insights straight from some of the many events organised by Asia Society Switzerland.
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The Broad Appeal of Modi's BJP with Nalin Mehta
April 16, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBNalin Mehta is a political scientist and journalist in Delhi, India, and author of The New BJP, a work you can only call THE book on the BJP, the largest political party in the world. Under the leadership of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP has solidified its position as the uncontested center of power in the world's most populous country. As India heads to the polls over a 6-week period beginning April 19, we talk with Nalin about how the BJP built and expanded its power base...
Will Asia's Rise Lead to a New World Order?
April 09, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBThere is little to dispute about Asia's rise as a key feature of our time. Already the world's most populous region, Asian countries have steadily gained in economic and political influence on the world stage in recent decades. While in the past this development has been driven heavily by China, the next few years will see countries like India, Indonesia, and Vietnam expand their international clout. As the balance of power shifts east, will the world order inevitably change? Asia is far fr...
Asia's Next Economic Miracle with Johan Nylander
March 26, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBJohan Nylander is an award-winning author and freelance China and Asia correspondent. His work is published by CNN, Forbes, Sweden’s leading business daily Dagens Industri, and many other international media outlets. His most recent book is The Wolf Economy Awakens – Mongolia’s Fight for Democracy, and a Green and Digital Future (Hong Kong University Press, 2023). It's full of original reporting and great conversations with Mongolians, from angry elderly people in the street and the lead si...
NEW SEASON – Coming March 26
March 19, 2024 01:00 - 1 minute - 1.19 MBSTATE OF ASIA, the podcast from Asia Society Switzerland, is back with engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all. The new season premieres Tuesday, March 26, with a conversation with Hong Kong-based journalist and author Johan Nylander, whose latest book is a deep dive on one of Asia's largest but, for now, most unknown nations: Mongolia. New episodes follow every other Tuesday. Plus: look out for special episodes bringing you insights from s...
A Closer Look: Indonesia After Jokowi
February 20, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBA Closer Look is our popular series taking quick but deep dives into countries and issues that matter, with webcasts, podcasts, and in-person events. This episode is part of A Closer Look: Indonesia After Jokowi, looking at what's next for the Southeast Asian giant now that the hugely popular President Joko Widodo is preparing to hand over to former general Prabowo Subianto, the winner of the February 14 elections. Talking about Jokowi's legacy from a ground-level perspective are Nimas Meg...
China and Taiwan: Engage or Deter?
January 25, 2024 06:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBFor decades, Taiwan has existed in a fragile balance, neither truly independent nor unified with mainland China. While this status quo has proven surprisingly enduring, China's continued economic and military rise and its government’s increasing nationalistic rhetoric have raised fears of a conflict around the island – accidental or intentional. What's the best approach to prevent further or more intense aggressive actions from China against Taiwan? Build up strong military deterrence, or g...
Peak China or New China with Keyu Jin and Jörg Wuttke
January 04, 2024 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBTwo terrific knowers of China talk about the prospects for the struggling Chinese economy and the question that's on the mind of foreign companies in the country: stay, or go? Listen to Keyu Jin, well-connected professor at the London School of Economics and author of 2023's The New China Playbook; and Jörg Wuttke, President Emeritus of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. They spoke on stage at the STATE OF ASIA conference, Asia Society Switzerland's flagship event, held on No...
The 2023 State of Asia Address
November 23, 2023 15:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBOn November 21, 2023, Singaporean diplomatic legend Bilahari Kausikan delivered Asia Society Switzerland's second annual State of Asia Address in front of a full house in the prestigious Aula of the University of Zurich. He set himself up to answer the question: Will this – can this – be the ‘Asian century’, in a highly original speech filled with fundamental insights in the big issues facing Asia and the world. Bilahari is former Ambassador and Permanent Secretary of Singapore. He has spen...
Invitation to a Banquet with Fuchsia Dunlop
November 14, 2023 01:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBFuchsia Dunlop is a master cook, celebrated food writer, and accredited chef of Chinese cuisines. She was the first Westerner to train as a chef at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine and has spent much of the last two decades exploring China and its food. She is the author of several award-winning books, and a contributor to the Financial Times, the New Yorker, and other publications Her latest book is Invitation to a Banquet – The Story of Chinese Food, a fascinating 400-page read on...
Is India Becoming A Superpower?
November 07, 2023 01:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBIndia is having an eventful year. It led the G20, worked to welcome more members into the BRICS, and it landed on the moon. Despite persisting domestic issues, from economic inequality to shrinking civil liberties, India is thriving in its foreign relations – which may help Prime Minister Modi, as he gears up for elections due next spring. India has an ambitious goal: to become the world's third largest economy and to emerge as a geopolitical superpower. Will it be able to deliver on that ...
The State of Europe, As Seen From Asia
October 31, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBC. Raja Mohan is a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute in Delhi, India who has published widely on India’s foreign and security policies, Asian geopolitics, and the global governance of advanced technologies. Last November, he delivered our annual State of Asia Address, which he kicked off by saying he wouldn't have minded talking about Europe, as he was 'deeply fascinated and troubled' by what he saw happening there. So, for this episode, we dialed up Raja in Delhi to ask hi...
Untangling Taiwan with Simona Grano
October 17, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBSimona Grano is an associate professor at the University of Zurich and a Senior Fellow at Asia Society's Center for China Analysis, where she focuses on Taiwan and its upcoming presidential election. In this episode she gives us a lay of the land ahead of Taiwan's January 2024 presidential election. Instead of the usual 2, this time 4 candidates are on the ballot. How will this split the vote? And how will China react if, for the first time ever, the pro-independence DPP manages to win the...
The Greatest Show Ever on the Solomon Islands
October 10, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBThings are heating up in Solomon Islands. The South Pacific island nation of 700,000 people is gearing up to host its greatest event ever: the 2023 Pacific Games. China has built and financed most of the venues for the games, while Australia paid for dormitories for the 5,000 athletes from 24 countries, and Japan is improving the roads. All this, as the U.S. reopened its embassy after 30 years, to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. In this bonus episode, hear from two Solomon...
Asymmetry on Steroids with Alexander Gabuev
October 03, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBAlexander Gabuev is the Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, based in Berlin. In this episode, he talks about having to leave Moscow and how he now gauges what's happening in Russia from abroad. He explains how Russia is out of options and increasingly seems to become a vassal state of China, and he talks about how alienation between China and Russia on one side, and the West on the other, is here to stay – and what that means. Alexander will speak at the STATE OF ASIA conferen...
Accidents and Agency with Bilahari Kausikan
September 19, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBBilahari Kausikan is an iconic veteran of diplomacy, with a career of 37 years under his belt at Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as Ambassador to Russia, to the UN in New York, and as the Ministry's Permanent Secretary. In this episode, he explains why he's not unhopeful about the state of the world, the fundamental dilemma facing China, and how, as a small country, you can still have agency on the global stage. Bilahari will deliver the annual STATE OF ASIA Address in Z...
NEW SEASON – Coming Sep 19
September 12, 2023 00:00 - 1 minute - 1.07 MBState of Asia, the podcast from Asia Society Switzerland, is back with a new season of engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all. The season premieres Tuesday, Sep 19, with a conversation with Bilahari Kausikan, former Ambassador and Permanent Secretary at Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. New episodes follow every other Tuesday. Bilahari, as well as other guests featured this season, will be in Zurich, Switzerland, to speak at our fla...
Asia Inside Out with Rahm Emanuel
July 18, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBAsia Inside Out, a podcast from our friends at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), just relaunched. The first episode, which we're sharing here, features Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, in conversation with Rorry Daniels, Managing Director at ASPI. Subscribe to Asia Inside Out in your favourite podcast app, or listen here. Get in the right starting position to fill the second half of the year with great Asia content and events. Register now to attend our annual flagship STATE ...
State of Asia with Evan Feigenbaum
July 04, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBEvan Feigenbaum, Vice President at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has a career spanning the highest levels of government, academia, think tanks, and the private sector, covering Central, South, and East Asia. It makes him uniquely qualified to discuss the State of Asia writ large on this final episode of the season. He talks about how China and the US act as 'security narcissists', creating a danger for the whole region, and how other Asian countries are nervously trying to...
Should Europe side with the U.S. on China?
June 27, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this bonus episode of STATE OF ASIA, listen to four experts debate whether Europe should side with the U.S. on China, or carve out its own path in the relationship with Beijing. They participated in an Oxford Debate in front of a live audience in Zurich on June 26, 2023, organised by Asia Society Switzerland. Presenting clear-cut, time-constrained, well-thought-out arguments are: Noah Barkin, Senior Advisor in Rhodium Group's China practice, based in Berlin, Germany. Philippe Le Corre, ...
State of India in the World with Amrita Narlikar
June 20, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBAmrita Narlikar is President of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies and Professor of International Relations at the University of Hamburg. She is currently also serving as a co-chair of the T20's Task Force 3, which forms a part of the G20 process under India's Presidency. In this episode, she talks about why the West should engage and cooperate with India a lot more than it's doing now, about the new character of globalised trade, and the unique perspective India brings to its...
State of Taiwan with Brian Hioe
June 06, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBBrian Hioe 丘琦欣 is a Taipei-based editor and writer. He is one of the founding editors of New Bloom Magazine, an online magazine covering activism and youth politics in Taiwan and Asia Pacific. He is a non-resident fellow at the University of Nottingham’s Taiwan Studies Programme, as well as a freelance journalist and translator. He also writes regularly for The Diplomat on Taiwan. He tweets on all things Taiwan, sometimes by the minute, @brianhioe. In this episode, Brian talks about how p...
State of Southeast Asia and Vietnam with Huong Le Thu
May 23, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBHuong Le Thu is a non-resident fellow with the Southeast Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She's a prolific writer and influential voice on Southeast Asia and its role in the region. In this episode, she talks about Southeast Asia's positioning in the great power competition between China and the U.S., and what opportunities can arise from it for both the region as a whole and for countries like Vietnam individually. The essay 'How to Survive a Great-Powe...
Is Japan's Military Build-up A Threat To Regional Stability?
May 16, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this bonus episode of STATE OF ASIA, listen to four experts debate whether Japan's recently announced military build-up is a threat to regional stability, in an Oxford Debate organised on May 9, 2023, by Asia Society Switzerland. Presenting clear-cut, time-constrained arguments are: John Delury, professor of Chinese Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul Lionel Fetton, assistant professor of International Relations at Webster University in Geneva Yuka Koshino, research fellow for Secur...
State of Global China with Marina Rudyak
May 09, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBMarina Rudyak is a sinologist at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, working on the intersections of China Studies and International Development. Her research focuses on China as a global development actor, the implications of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and China in Central Asia and Africa. She also frequently comments on China's relationships with Russia and Europe. In this episode, she talks about the difference between the Chinese and the western definition of successful d...
State of Climate Change with Pakistan's Minister Sherry Rehman
April 25, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBSherry Rehman is Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change. She was just named one of 2023's 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine. At the most recent U.N. climate talks, in November 2022, she led a delegation of 77 developing nations plus China. She sits down with Asia Society Switzerland to talk about the apocalyptic effect climate change is already having on her country. She explains what she means by 'climate colonialism', and how she remains hopeful the world w...
NEW SEASON - Coming April 25
April 18, 2023 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.33 MBState of Asia, the podcast from Asia Society Switzerland, is back with a new season of engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all. The season premieres this Tuesday with a conversation with Sherry Rehman, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change. New episodes follow every other Tuesday. Over the coming months, special episodes of State of Asia will also bring you insights from some of the many events organised by Asia Society Switzerland...
The State of India
March 23, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBA bonus episode, fully dedicated to India, before we kick-off an all new season of the State of Asia podcast. Nico Luchsinger, Executive Director of Asia Society Switzerland, recently spent nine days in India to take the pulse of the subcontinent that is certainly having its moment. He spoke with a wide range of experts in New Delhi on India's development, domestic and foreign politics, economy, and pioneering digital infrastructure. And he went to the movies. Nico talks about his experienc...
Bergos Now on the State of Asia
December 27, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBA nice extra in the State of Asia feed: an episode of Bergos Now, the podcast from Bergos Private Bank, hosted by Aurelia Rauch. In this episode, Aurelia speaks with Nico Luchsinger, Executive Director of Asia Society Switzerland, on the State of Asia. Together they ask themselves: Is this the Asian Century? And where is Asia, really? The episode was recorded in October 2022. Thanks to Bergos, a corporate partner of Asia Society Switzerland, for letting us share the episode with you here. ...
Has China's Global Power Reached Its Peak?
December 07, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBIn this bonus episode of State of Asia, listen to four stellar experts debating whether China has reached the peak of its global power, in a recent Oxford Debate organised by Asia Society Switzerland. Presenting clear-cut, time-constrained, well-thought-out arguments are: Simona Grano, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the University of Zurich Bates Gill, Executive Director of the Center for China Analysis at the Asia Society Policy Institute Dan Rosen, Co-Fou...
The 2022 State of Asia Address
November 14, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this episode, listen to the inaugural State of Asia Address, given by C. Raja Mohan, one of India's foremost foreign policy thinkers and a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New Delhi. Raja talks about new pessimism surrounding the rise of Asia with the return of great power rivalry. He pleads for much deeper connections between Asia and Europe to build security, stability, and prosperity in the face of current and coming crises. Raja spoke on the eve of the STATE OF ...
State of Asia with Agatha Kratz
October 31, 2022 01:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBAgatha Kratz heads Rhodium Group’s China corporate advisory team, as well as its research on European Union-China relations and China’s economic statecraft. She contributes to Rhodium's work on China’s global investment, industrial policy and technology aspirations. Agatha is also a non-resident Adjunct Fellow of the Reconnecting Asia Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies under the Simon Chair in Political Economy. In this episode, Agatha talks about why the reasons ...
State of Asia with James Crabtree
October 16, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBJames Crabtree leads the growing research team of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore, focused on the Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining the IISS, James was a Singapore-based author and journalist, and an Associate Professor of Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His best-selling 2018 book, The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India’s New Gilded Age was shortlisted for the FT / McKinsey book of the year. In this episode, James talks about the effe...
State of Asia with Leni Robredo
October 02, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBLeni Robredo was the 14th Vice President of the Philippines, serving from 2016 to 2022. During her term, she reinvented the Office of the Vice President from a purely ceremonial one into an advocacy centered office, instituting poverty alleviation programs all over the country. This May, she lost in the presidential elections to Ferdinand 'Bong Bong' Marcos, Jr., who spoke at Asia Society on Sep. 23, 2022. Robredo then set up Angat Buhay, a non governmental organization which focuses on edu...
State of Asia with C. Raja Mohan
September 18, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBC. Raja Mohan is one if India's foremost foreign policy thinkers and a Senior Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute in New Delhi, India. He has published widely on India's foreign and security policies and Asian geopolitics. He also is a columnist for Foreign Policy and a contributing editor on international affairs at the Indian Express. In this episode, he talks about the challenges to find balance among multiple great powers in Asia, about why the effect of India's foreign policy...
State of Asia with Tomohiko Taniguchi
September 04, 2022 23:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBTomohiko Taniguchi was Special Advisor to Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister, the late Shinzo Abe. He was the primary writer on Abe's foreign policy speeches, having joined the ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2005 after a 20-year career in journalism at Nikkei Business. He is currently a professor at Keio University specializing in international political economy and Japanese diplomacy. In this conversation, he talks about his worries for security in Asia; who he thinks is the biggest th...
STATE OF ASIA - our new podcast series
August 31, 2022 14:00 - 1 minute - 1.09 MBState of Asia is the podcast from Asia Society Switzerland. Engaging conversations with leading minds on current and future developments in Asia, that affect us all. This season, our guests include: Leni Robredo, until recently Vice President of the Philippines; C Raja Mohan, one of India's foremost foreign policy thinkers; and John Zhu, Chief Economist Asia at Swiss Re in Hong Kong. In our first episode, premiering Monday, we speak with Tomohiko Taniguchi, former Special Advisor to Japan'...
Meet My Country: Brunei, With Hon. Iswandy Ahmad and Dr. Vanessa Teo
February 08, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBLegislative Council member Iswandy Ahmad and agricultural entrepreneur Dr. Vanessa Teo talk about their homeland Brunei – the independent Islamic sultanate on the island of Borneo. Brunei boasts a well-educated population, excellent infrastructure, and a stable government. It is a member of the Commonwealth and of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Since the discovery of petroleum resources in the 1920s, Brunei’s economy has largely been dependent on gas and oil revenues, ma...
Meet My Country: Bangladesh, With Sara Hossain and Dr. Faraha Nawaz
December 03, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBSupreme Court lawyer Sara Hossain and academic Dr. Faraha Nawaz talk about their homeland Bangladesh – one of the world’s most crowded countries. Bangladesh has been going through remarkable developments since the 1990s. Millions have been pulled out of poverty, the garment industry has flourished, and before the pandemic, economic growth exceeded 7% for four years in a row, outpacing not just Pakistan and India, but even China. This development is, however, contrasted with a complicated pol...
Meet My Country: Uzbekistan, With Dilfuza Kurolova and Dr. Farkhod Tolipov
November 05, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBHuman rights lawyer Dilfuza Kurolova and political scientist Dr. Farkhod Tolipov talk about their homeland Uzbekistan – the land locked and most populous country of Central Asia. After two decades of economic and political isolation under the former President Islom Karimov, there are hopes that the current president will bring the much needed change to the former Soviet country. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is more reform-orientated, more democratic and more liberal than his predecessor, and...
Meet My Country: Sri Lanka, With Bhavani Fonseka and Ambika Satkunanathan
September 16, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBHuman rights lawyer Bhavani Fonseka and human rights advocate Ambika Satkunanathan talk about their homeland Sri Lanka – the island nation just off the southeastern coast of India. Sri Lanka boasts a large, well-educated population, great economic potential, a history of democracy, and popular tourist attractions. At the same time, the country has been marred by political violence since its independence in 1948, and the current government’s stand on human rights and governance has come under...
Meet My Country: Bhutan, With Kunga Tenzin Dorji (Supe)
August 08, 2021 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBJournalist and Musician Kunga Tenzin Dorji, known as Supe, talks about his homeland Bhutan – the landlocked country located in the Eastern Himalayas. Until the 1960s, the kingdom of Bhutan was isolated from the rest of the world. When Bhutan started to open up, it did not modernize blindly, as Supe points out. The tiny nation wedged between India and China was able to preserve its national identity, which remains visible in the country’s cultural heritage, and in its political and socio-econ...
Meet My Country: Announcement
August 06, 2021 19:00 - 1 minute - 976 KBOur second podcast season "Meet My Country" is out. In this season, you will learn about a new Asian country in each edition from the perspective of leading local voices.
China and the World: Switzerland’s China Strategy, with Ambassador Raphael Naegeli
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIn politics, if you are criticized from all sides, it’s usually a sign you’ve reached a good compromise. So it was with Switzerland’s recently unveiled China Strategy: It was seen as either being too harsh or way too lax on China. Swiss Ambassador Raphael Naegeli shares with us why Switzerland’s new China Strategy is a good step forward and not all that different from other countries’ approaches. Your host: Nico Luchsinger, Executive Director, Asia Society Switzerland Moderator: Nico Luchsi...
China and the World: Russia’s ‘Slow’ Move Eastwards, with Alexander Gabuev
May 26, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBAs China increases its power and moves westwards, Russia is looking more to the East. The Soviet Union and newly communist China were, at a time, very close. In recent years and especially since the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the countries have intensified their relationship. The Sino-Russia relationship is more than a partnership, but less than an alliance as both countries share an ideology based on the notion of sovereignty. Your host: Nico Luchsinger, Co-Executive Director, Asia Societ...
China and the World: India's Perspective, with Tanvi Madan, Samir Saran and Shashi Tharoor
April 27, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBWhile China’s largest neighbor India is expected to overtake China by population within only a few years, it is struggling in most other areas to compete with the other giant emerging country. The recent border clashes only led the already complicated relations to deteriorate. As for most countries, India will have to balance furthering its economic potential – that it will not achieve without China – and opposing a China led region by offering other countries opportunities to collaborate. ...
China and the World: India's Perspective, with Tanvi Madan, Samir Saran and Shashi Tharoor
April 27, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBWhile China’s largest neighbor India is expected to overtake China by population within only a few years, it is struggling in most other areas to compete with the other giant emerging country. The recent border clashes only led the already complicated relations to deteriorate. As for most countries, India will have to balance furthering its economic potential – that it will not achieve without China – and opposing a China led region by offering other countries opportunities to collaborate. ...
China and the World: Africa as China’s Policy Test Bed, with Eric Olander and Aleksandra Gadzala
April 16, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBChina has responded to the call for investments in Africa like no other country. Since the end of the 1990s, China’s increasing financial and economic engagement in Africa has led to critical debates whether China can offer a good alternative to Western aid and charity. Its relationships with African countries has also become ever more political. Your host: Nico Luchsinger, Co-Executive Director, Asia Society Switzerland Moderator: Aleksandra Gadzala, Head of Research at The Singularity Gr...
China and the World: The Great Benefits and Sorrows for Cambodia and Laos, with Sebastian Strangio
April 01, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBChina is the largest source of development assistance and investment in Cambodia and Laos. Both governments maintain close relations with China, where its presence is more marked than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. The region is one of the primary targets for the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with one main line running from Kunming, China to Vientiane, Laos to connect Chinese markets to Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar. Your host: Nico Luchsinger, Co-Executive Director...
China and the World: Indonesia and Malaysia’s Surge of Investment and Autonomy, with Ben Bland
March 11, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBChina’s relations with the historically more remote, maritime and Muslim-majority countries Indonesia and Malaysia are complex and historically intertwined. For both Indonesia and Malaysia, China is a vital economic partner, but tensions in the South China Sea and anti-China sentiments remain prevalent. The Indo-Pacific being home to significant global trading routes is not only of strategic importance to China. Once again it has become the focus of a global contest for power. Your host: N...
China and the World: Announcement
March 11, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute - 853 KBListen to Asia Society Switzerland's Nico Luchsinger on our first podcast season "China and the World".