Bala is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur, he is Malaysian and he works across the entire region. I have discussed with him about the broad and topical point on how the US-China trade war is going to influence Southeast Asian countries.During prev

China has been useful for the elites in Duterte’s circle - With Carlo Fong Luy

Feb 9th, 2020 21m 14s

Carlo Fong Luy is a young researcher and he has a lot to share about his country, the Philippines. As you dear listeners may have understood, I have a passion to speak about Rodrigo Duterte and his flamboyant foreign policy.According to Carlo,

Duterte is overplaying his hands with China - With Richard Heydarian

Feb 9th, 2020 22m 43s

Richard Heydarian is one of the most authoritative source regarding the Philippines and Rodrigo Duterte. According to Heydarian, in the past Duterte, a local politician in Davao with zero experience in global affairs, has been capable to pragma

Forget about an Indian major involvement in Southeast Asia - With Gregory Poling

Feb 9th, 2020 8m 30s

If Vansh Saluja was quite sure about India’s diplomatic, political and military capabilities in Southeast Asia, Gregory Poling, from the CSIS, is not sure about it.He believes that, on case of an American disengagement from the region, India wi

India has the capacity to guarantee freedom of navigation in Southeast Asia - With Vansh Saluja

Feb 9th, 2020 17m 4s

Vansh Saluja is the co-founder of the Confederation of Young Leaders. He is actively promoting cultural and political exchanges between young Indian activists, policymakers and businessmen with their Chinese counterparts.He is creating bridges

ASEAN is in fantastic shape, and the next decade will be even better – With Kishore Mahbubani

Dec 2nd, 2019 13m 45s

Kishore Mahbubani is a living legend when we deal with Southeast Asia, India and ASEAN. He is one the brightest mind and I had the honor of having him in my podcast.Kishore Mahbubani is a living legend when we deal with Southeast Asia, India, a

India will have a bright future only with better institutions – With Aaditya Dave

Nov 11th, 2019 11m 27s

Aditya Dave is an Indian expat living and thriving in London. He has no doubts that India will play a future role in the world stage, but only with better and more functioning institutions. China is the present, India will be the future, only a

Indonesian democracy wants results, not neverending ideological battles – With Shoeb Kagda

Nov 1st, 2019 11m 19s

As a westerner, I had doubts over the alliance between Jokowi and Subianto. Was it really right, from a point of view where democracy means majority vs minority, that a government represent nearly all the political factions in a country? That w

Despite political instability, Indonesia is too big to ignore for investors – With Keith Leong

Nov 1st, 2019 8m 58s

During the financial crisis, some banks were “too big to fail”. According to Keith Leong, Indonesia, despite the political turmoils, is “too big to ignore”.The second term of Jokowi, in fact, is not starting positively: a series of unpopular pr

Russia will be a key player in Manila’s defense buildup – With Chester Cabalza

Oct 31st, 2019 13m 59s

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Never put all your eggs in one basket, this is Duterte’s mantra in foreign policy – With Lucio Pitlo

Oct 29th, 2019 11m 41s

Rodrigo Duterte is Machiavellian and believes in a fundamental principle in foreign policy: mind your business and stay out of mine. The dirty war against drug lords is not very popular in the West, but Duterte doesn’t care. If the West is judg

If westerners are naive about Duterte, Chinese money is not – With Alvin Camba

Sep 19th, 2019 17m 1s

Rodrigo Duterte is famous for his quite unusual and soft stance towards China. Filipinos, in general, have a deep distrust for China and you maybe believe that they distrust Duterte for his “love affairs” with Beijing. Wrong! Duterte has been e

Indonesia and EU must sort out the palm oil chaos – With Shoeb Kagda

Sep 17th, 2019 18m 17s

Shoeb Kagda is the founder of the Indonesian Economic Forum, and knows very well what it Indonesia's long-term challenge: passing from being a lower-income economy to a middle-income economy.The country needs structural reforms, and Jokowi, ele

Deep in the SEA: a rapid overview over Southeast Asia state of affair - With Manu Bhaskaran

Sep 15th, 2019 14m 34s

Today let's take a dive and go deep in the SEA. Manu Bhaskaran, CEO of Centennial Asia, today gives us insightful overview of the current hottest topics to follow in Southeast Asia: Mahatir's ups and downs with China, Duterte's appeasement with

"BRN can sit on the table with the Thai because they completely control the South" - With Don Patan

Sep 14th, 2019 8m 13s

For this podcast, Thailand is a brand-new argument. I have dealt extensively with Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and India, but today I am metaphorically traveling along the Mekong river, arriving in beautiful Thailand. With Don Patan, which is

"Kashmir: the grass two elephants fight on and fight for" - With Akshobh Giridharadas

Sep 11th, 2019 27m 37s

A journalist by profession, Akshobh Giridharadas was based out of Singapore as a reporter and producer with Channel News Asia, Singapore covering international business news. He writes on diverse topics such as geopolitics, business, tech and s

"On palm oil, EU is wrong and science is on the side of Indonesia and Malaysia" - With Douglas Paal

Sep 10th, 2019 21m 28s

Douglas H. Paal is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International (2006–2008). He was on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Reagan

Vietnamese Politburo doesn’t like Beijing, but it must be pragmatic – With Carlyle Thayer

Sep 7th, 2019 16m 8s

Countries can’t escape their history, and Vietnam is not an exception. It has a history of having fought wars both with the USA and China, two countries from which it tries to maintain cooperation while preserving strategic independence. Vietna

You don’t choose your neighbors, that’s why Myanmar is getting closer with China – With Moe Thuzar

Sep 5th, 2019 22m 50s

Geography is not an opinion, is a hard fact. NLD, Suu Ky’s party, was the leading opposition party against the military junta and it was very skeptic against China. However, today the Chinese colossus is just at the border and NLD delegations a

"Europe must stop being moralistic over Indonesian palm oil" - With Siwage Negara.

Aug 29th, 2019 18m 57s

Siwage Negara is a Senior Fellow at ISEAS and Co-coordinator of the Indonesia Studies Programme. Siwage believes that Jokowi will be capable to unleash Indonesia's full economic potential in his last term, by lowering hight taxation and reduci

"Ordinary Southeast Asians start to have negative perceptions on China" - With Bridget Welsh

Aug 28th, 2019 24m 48s

Bridget Welsh is Associate Professor of Political Science at John Cabot University. Bridget believes that nowadays ordinary Southeast Asians have negative perceptions of China. She argues that this trend is noticeable through the lens of the el

"Duterte is desperate for Chinese investments, but only for his community" - With Phidel Vineles

Aug 21st, 2019 12m 54s

Phidel Vineles is a Senior Analyst in the Science and Technology Studies Programme (STSP) in the Office of the Executive Deputy Chairman at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singap

"Mahathir was in love with Japan, now he has to deal with a powerful China" - With Emmanuel Daniel

Aug 19th, 2019 17m 59s

Emmanuel Daniel is a Singapore-based entrepreneur. Daniel founded The Asian Banker in Singapore in September 1996 as a publisher of research and benchmarking, and events catering to the financial services industry. Daniel won the Citibank Excel

"EU and USA investments in ASEAN can provide better standards than Chinese ones" - With Erin Murphy

Aug 8th, 2019 36m 37s

Ms. Murphy served as the special assistant to the Office of the Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma (Myanmar). In addition, Murphy is the founder of Inle Advisory. In the conservation with her, there are three very important

Thailand and China: a “no strings attached” relationship – With Christopher Ankersen

Aug 7th, 2019 30m 2s

Thailand is an exception in the melting pot of Southeast Asia. Differently from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, where minorities coexist quite peacefully, in Thailand’s deep South the Malay insurgency is carrying on low-fi w