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Meet the Authors Phoebe Ewen Program Director The Mekong Club Hannah Thinyane Principal Research Fellow Migrant Technology Team United Nations University Institute, Macau Sophie Zinser Research Assistant Migrant Technology TeamUnited Nations University Institute, Macau Read Phoebe, Hannah and Sophie's AsiaGlobal Online article: http://bit.ly/ago-apprise Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.b...

Meet the Author Thannapat Jarernpanit Deputy Director for Academic Research  Research and Development Institute  Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/agi-yt-subs...

Meet the Author William M Tsutsui Edwin O Reischauer Distinguished Professor of Japanese Studies (2020-21) Harvard University Professor Emeritus Hendrix College Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit....

Meet the Author Dr Amit Wanchoo 2018 AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute Founder Chairman, HN Wanchoo Trust CEO, SPACE Communications Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/agi-yt-subscribe

AsiaGlobal Podcast Manu Bhaskaran Founding Director and CEO Centennial Asia Advisors, Singapore Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/agi-yt-subscribe

AsiaGlobal Podcast Noriyuki Shikata Assistant Minister, Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/agi-yt-subscribe

Meet the Author Tech and the pandemic: Why lockdowns are not the only way to confront Covid-19 Roland Bouffanais Associate Professor Singapore University of Technology and Design Sun Sun Lim Professor of Communication and Technology Dean of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Singapore University of Technology and Design Much as combating the scourge of Covid-19 is a global priority, lockdowns ar...

Meet the Author Sophal Ear Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs Occidental College Chinese influence over Cambodia is pervasive. From banks to casinos, from basic imports to expensive infrastructure projects, Beijing’s shadow looms from all directions. As the West punishes Phnom Penh for human rights violations and backsliding on democracy, China forges stronger ties. The two countri...

Meet the Author Shai Reshef Founder and President University of the People Education has been one of the victims of the coronavirus pandemic. Given the inherent threat of infection from a precipitate return by students and staff to schools and colleges, countries around the world must rethink the online learning model, argues Shai Reshef, Founder and President of University of the People, a privat...

Meet the Author In-bum Chun Lieutenant General (retired) Republic of Korea Army North Korea is deploying its usual brinkmanship in its latest conflict with South Korea, observes In-bum Chun, a retired lieutenant general who served in the Republic of Korea Army for 38 years. While recent developments seem to have a familiar progression, Pyongyang’s increasing assertiveness makes the current confron...

Meet the Authors Irene YH Ng Associate Professor of Social Work Director, Social Service Research Centre National University of Singapore (NUS) Sun Sun Lim Professor of Communication and Technology Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)   It is time – deep in the global coronavirus pandemic – to realize that access to digital services is a...

Meet the Author Vasuki Shastry Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)   Twenty years ago, Southeast Asian nations and three dialogue partners – China, Japan and South Korea – launched the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) to act as a safety net to help countries manage short-term liquidity crunches and avoid having to rely on the Internation...

Meet the Author Mher D Sahakyan Founder and Director China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research The dismay with which Iran’s political elite greeted the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action rebounded to China’s benefit, argues Mher D Sahakyan of the China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research in Yerevan, Armenia. But both Tehran and Beijing must...

Meet the Author Stuart Harbinson Fellow, Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong, and the European Centre for International Political Economy Washington’s threats to end Hong Kong’s so-called special trade status seem exaggerated, given that the US extends little in the way of preferential treatment. But for Hong Kong the stakes are high, writes Stuart Harbinson, a fellow of Asia Global...

Meet the Author On the US-China competition, decoupling, the global impact of Covid-19, climate change and more Chen Xi Adjunct Associate Professor Global Health Institute Xi’an Jiaotong University China The Covid-19 pandemic and the China-US geopolitical and technological (geo-tech) competition constitute two major global security concerns. It is hardly surprising that Washington would adopt stri...

Meet the Author On the US-China competition, decoupling, the global impact of Covid-19, climate change and more Victor R Savage Visiting Senior Fellow S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore Graham Allison’s “Thucydides trap” thesis has to be modified from military warfare to an economic paradigm where the levers of capitalism count more...

Meet the Author: On China’s major-power diplomacy, the US-PRC strategic competition, the national security law for Hong Kong and more Yoshikazu Kato Adjunct Associate Professor Asia Global Institute, HKU The Covid-19 pandemic has generated significant stress and distrust between China and other countries, particularly the United States. While tensions between the two powers are not new, says Yoshi...