This week, Mike and Jude are joined by Mr. Choi Shing Kwok, Director & Chief Executive Officer of the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, and head of the ASEAN Studies Centre and Singapore APEC Study Centre, to discuss ASEAN perspectives on issues in the Indo-Pacific.
The conversation first examines ASEAN’s current structure, organizational challenges, and the d ... Show More
Aug 5
Singapore’s Strategy for a New Indo-Pacific
This week Mike speaks with Ja Ian Chong, Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore. They discuss the lessons and parallels of WWI and WWII for the contemporary Indo-Pacific, the potential for an outbreak of crisis and conflict in the region, ... Show More
45m 16s
Jul 2023
Japan-ROK relations with Sakata Yasuyo, Mireya Solís and Chung Min Lee
In the seventh episode of Japan Memo Season 3, Robert Ward hosts Sakata Yasuyo, Professor of International Relations at the Kanda University of International Studies; Dr Mireya Solís, Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, and a ... Show More
53m 58s
Dec 2021
The Future of the China-Russia Partnership?
In recent months, China and Russia have upgraded their strategic partnership, conducted joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, and deepened collaboration on nuclear and space technology. Beijing and Moscow have also taken steps to test the credibility of U.S. alliances in the In ... Show More
1h 3m
May 2023
L’heure de l'Asie Centrale est-elle arrivée?
Il y a quelques jours, se tenait le premier sommet entre le président chinois et ses homologues des cinq Républiques d’Asie Centrale. Kazakhstan, Ouzbékistan, Turkménistan, Kirghizstan et Tadjikistan sont autant d’anciennes Républiques soviétiques -aujourd’hui arrière-cour de la ... Show More
50 m