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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This series aims to shed light on the understanding of the human psyche from Asian perspectives. On one hand by exploring how the study of psychology was established in different countries, on the other, what is currently happening in psychological research and where it’s going. Psychology is relevant to everybody since it studies us all. However, this research was primarily done in Western countries, making it vital for intercultural competence to understand differing perceptions from aroun ...
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The Impact of Leadership Changes in Asia, Europe, and the U.S., with James Crabtree
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In 2024, over half the world’s population has been voting for new leaders – or will do so very soon. In Asia, countries from Bangladesh to Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, and Indonesia, end this year with other leaders than the one they started it with (though not all through general elections). So do the EU, the UK and, in January 2025, the U…
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STATE 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, September 3. New episodes follow every other Tuesday. Plus: look out for bonus episodes bringing you insights from some of the many events organized by As…
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Batteries increasingly power everything around us, all thanks to major innovations and a supply chain that spans the world. And that’s where things get complicated. As battery costs sink and technology advances, nations increasingly view batteries as vital for national security, economic competitiveness, and to reach their climate goals. We spoke w…
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Why India is not the next China, with Alicia García Herrero
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As India’s economy continues to grow, can the world’s most populous country truly replicate China's success of the past decades? Should India even imitate China? Maybe not, says our guest on this episode, Alicia García Herrero, Hong Kong-based Chief Economist for Asia-Pacific at French investment bank Natixis, and Senior Fellow at European think ta…
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Japan’s Delicate Balancing Act, with Yuki Tatsumi
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As tensions simmer in its immediate environment, Japan is on high alert. In the midst of China's "sustained aggressiveness," Japan is revising its defense and security policies. But how does this align with its pacifist constitution, and is there still room for engagement with China? Hear from Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Fellow, Co-Director of the East As…
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China and Eastern Europe, with Alicja Bachulska
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China’s leader Xi Jinping raised his country’s relationship with EU and NATO member Hungary to a level that puts Hungary almost as close to Beijing’s chest as Russia and North Korea are. Western Europe long regarded the ’new’ EU member states in the East as Trojan horses. But views on, and relations with, China have grown very diverse in Central an…
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Nepal’s Challenges, with Deputy Speaker Indira Ranamagar
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Indira Ranamagar is Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal since January 2023. She started her career as a primary science and maths teacher in village schools in the southeast of Nepal, and became a social worker in prisons in 1990. For well over 30 years now, she has been a prolific human rights and social worker. In 2000, she fo…
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The Broad Appeal of Modi's BJP with Nalin Mehta
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Nalin 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 coun…
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Will Asia's Rise Lead to a New World Order?
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There 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, Ind…
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Asia's Next Economic Miracle with Johan Nylander
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Johan 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 Universi…
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STATE 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, fo…
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Bonus: Perfectionism in South Korean Society with Lee Seo-Hyeon
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Welcome to this special episode which was recorded live at the Asia Days at University of St. Gallen! Shoutout the university's Asia Club who invited me to talk about psychology in Asia at their annual conference here in Switzerland. I used the opportunity to bring you another deep dive, this time into South Korea. I'm speaking with Lee Seo-Hyeon (…
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A Closer Look: Indonesia After Jokowi
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A 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 forme…
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China and Taiwan: Engage or Deter?
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For 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. Wh…
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Peak China or New China with Keyu Jin and Jörg Wuttke
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Two 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 Europea…
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On 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 …
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Invitation to a Banquet with Fuchsia Dunlop
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Fuchsia 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 Time…
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India 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 ha…
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The State of Europe, As Seen From Asia
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C. 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 ab…
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Untangling Taiwan with Simona Grano
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Simona 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 ar…
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The Greatest Show Ever on the Solomon Islands
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Things 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, a…
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Asymmetry on Steroids with Alexander Gabuev
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Alexander 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 Chi…
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The State of Open Science in China with Hu Chuan-Peng
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Welcome to the China Episode of Delving Into Asian Psyches, an Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Project! In this final episode, I am speaking with Tsinghua graduate Hu Chuan-Peng, a researcher in cognitive psychology and founder of the Chinese Open Science Network. Learn more about his lab (chuan-peng-lab.netlify.app/) and his grassroot-network (open…
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Accidents and Agency with Bilahari Kausikan
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Bilahari 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 facin…
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State 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 …
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The Perspective on Buddhism from Singapore with Barry Tse
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Welcome to the Singapore Episode of Delving Into Asian Psyches, an Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Project! For this episode, I spoke with Barry Tse (linkedin.com/in/barrytse) who is creating a Buddhist religiosity scale for his PhD dissertation at James Cook University, Singapore, and is a practising Buddhist himself. He describes how religion infl…
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Nepal’s Experience with Disaster with Nishtha Shrestha
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Welcome to the Nepal Episode of Delving Into Asian Psyches, an Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Project! This week, together with Nishtha Shrestha (linktr.ee/nishtha.shrestha) we're taking a closer look at the Himalayan country. At the center of this episode stands the 2015 earthquake, as we will investigate the mental aftershocks this event has caus…
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Teachers' Mentality in Japan with Miyuki Matsumoto
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Welcome to the Japan Episode of Delving Into Asian Psyches, an Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Project! This time I'm talking with Miyuki Matsumoto (matsumoto@cshe.nagoya-u.ac.jp) from Nagoya University. She has studied Japanese workers for many years in the expatriate and educational sector. She's also lived and studied in India and is currently do…
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The Response to Partner Violence in Sri Lanka with Gunendra Dissanayake
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Welcome to the Sri Lanka Episode of Delving Into Asian Psyches, an Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Project! In this episode, I speak with Gunendra Dissanayake (gunendrad@pdn.ac.lk) about intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka. Gunendra has studied the topic extensively in the Sri Lankan context at Peradeniya University in Kandy. We're answering what…
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Asia 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 …
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The Shared Filipino Mind with Carl Lorenz Cervantes
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Welcome back to Delving Into Asian Psyches, an Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Project! In this episode we are taking a closer look at the Philippines and its ties to psychology with Carl. We're talking about the concept of self in the filipino context, how it connects with nature and supernatural beliefs. Find more of Carl's work via withkoji.com/@…
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State of Asia with Evan Feigenbaum
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Evan 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 …
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The Indian Psyche in a Transitional Culture with Baiju Gopal
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Welcome and Thank You for checking out the first ever episode of Delving Into Asian Psyches, an Asia Society Switzerland Gen A Project! This episode covers the history, shifts, and current day interests of India's psychological research. Baiju Gopal is a psychology professor, actor, and filmmaker. Reach him on Instagram @halfmoon_baij. Music by aiv…
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Should Europe side with the U.S. on China?
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In 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-constrain…
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State of India in the World with Amrita Narlikar
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Amrita 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…
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Brian 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 regu…
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State of Southeast Asia and Vietnam with Huong Le Thu
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Huong 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 opp…
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Is Japan's Military Build-up A Threat To Regional Stability?
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In 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 …
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State of Global China with Marina Rudyak
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Marina 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 rela…
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State of Climate Change with Pakistan's Minister Sherry Rehman
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Sherry 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 effe…
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State 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 …
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A 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 deve…
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A 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 w…
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Has China's Global Power Reached Its Peak?
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In 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 t…
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In 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 betwe…
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Agatha 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 th…
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James 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 R…
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Leni 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 Bon…
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C. 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. I…
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State of Asia with Tomohiko Taniguchi
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Tomohiko 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…
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