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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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This episode looks at political factors shaping Southeast Asia’s engagement in the Olympics and sports with Dr. Simon Creak.
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This episode discusses the status of the move of Indonesia’s capital to Nusantara in Kalimantan, a key legacy issue of President Joko Widodo. The discussion with Dr. Yanuar Nugroho, Visiting Fellow of ISEAS, draws from the new book, The Road to Nusantara.
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This episode looks at current Thai politics, with attention to the issues of political stability and contestation. The discussion with Dr. Prajak Kongkirati focuses on drivers and dynamics of political instability, while the conversation with Ken Lahatepanont centres on the recent Senate elections. While unpredictable, there are striking continuities in contemporary Thai politics.
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This episode looks at how Malaysia’s Anwar government has addressed the issue of gender discrimination in citizenship for children born overseas to Malaysian mothers. After repeated promises to address the injustices, the legislation has been stymied by regressive amendments. Am joined in the conversation with Suri Kempe of Family Frontiers.
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