Episodes
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This episode looks prospectively at Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship with geopolitical analyst Thomas Daniel from ISIS-Malaysia.
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This episode looks at the recent decision by the International Criminal Court to extend an arrest warrant to Myanmar’s junta military chief, Min Aung Hlaing.
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This episode looks at the recent COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan and how developments at the meeting connect to Southeast Asia.
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This episode looks at Indonesia’s regional elections, the contests and broader trends in Indonesian politics, with Dr. Yoes Kenawas. The regional elections will be held simultaneously across Indonesia to elect 37 Provincial Governors and 508 Mayors or Heads of Districts. It marks a landmark in Indonesia’s democracy.
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In a week of presidential elections, this episode looks ahead at Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto presidency with Dr. Yohanes Sulaiman.
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On the eve of the US presidential election, this episode looks at current trends in Taiwan’s relationship with Southeast Asia with Dr. Alan Hao Yang.
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This episode looks at the political legacy of Indonesia’s seventh president Joko Widodo 2014-2024 with Dr. Djayadi Hanan.
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This episode looks at contemporary Lao politics with journalist David Hutt.
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This is the fourth visit to Southeast Asia for Pope Francis, the longest of his papacy. We discuss Pope Francis’s Asia Pivot and its implications with Father Clarence Devadass of the Catholic Research Center in Kuala Lumpur.
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This episode looks at the development challenges facing Southeast Asia with UNDP’s Philip Schellekens drawing from the 2024 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report Making our Future: New Directions for Human Development in Asia and the Pacific and discusses new solutions and approaches to move the region forward.
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This episode looks at the Constitutional Court decisions over elections in Indonesia, attempts to override these decisions and public protests that have, for now, put a stop to these efforts.
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This episode looks at the first year of the tenure of Prime Minister Hun Manet in Cambodia with Dr. Sam Seun.
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This episode looks at political factors shaping air pollution in Southeast Asia with Universiti of Malaya’s Dr. Helena Varkkey, as the region grapples with some of the poorest air quality in the world.
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