Asia Dialogues

Overview

Asia Dialogues advanced cross-cultural dialogue and offered critical insights on how to reimagine the international system.

Shanghai. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/1728593481">Trey Ratcliff</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

APR 4, 2018 Podcast

#MeToo in China, with Maura Cunningham and Jeffrey Wasserstrom

China experts Cunningham and Wasserstrom start by talking about the small, mainly campus-based #MeToo campaign in China--to avoid internet censorship young people often use emojis ...

APR 2, 2018 Podcast

Liberalism in the Philippines, with Lisandro Claudio

Populist leader President Duterte has killed thousands in his "war on drugs," idolizes Putin, and openly uses fake news and excessive nationalism to consolidate his ...

Indonesian National Police officers & protesters in Jakarta. November 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:411_protests_of_jakarta.jpg">AWG97 (CC)</a>

MAR 29, 2018 Podcast

Normalizing Intolerance in Indonesia, with Sandra Hamid

"Indonesian civil societies and academics are very good at collecting cases of discrimination," says Sandra Hamid, author of "Normalizing Intolerance." "But what we don't have ...

MAR 22, 2018 Podcast

Piety and Public Opinion: Understanding Indonesian Islam, with Tom Pepinksy

Are there differences in political, social, and economic attitudes among Indonesians--and Indonesian Muslims in particular--based on their levels of religious piety? Intriguingly, Tom Pepinsky and ...

Protest against the Philippine drug war at Philippine Consulate General, New York City, October 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philippines_Drug_War_Protest_2.jpg">VOCAL-NY (CC)</a>

MAR 14, 2018 Podcast

Fighting Threats to Philippine Democracy, with Joy Aceron

"Despite the vibrancy of civil society, political and economic power continues to be in the hands of very few people in the Philippines. In fact, ...

Detail from book cover of <i>The Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxis Drivers, Mobility, and Politics in Bangkok</i>

MAR 9, 2018 Podcast

Motorcycles & the Art of Politics in Thailand, with Claudio Sopranzetti

Anthropologist Sopranzetti's new book discusses the surprising role of motorcycle taxi drivers in a recent coup in Thailand, and their important place in everyday Thai ...

MAR 6, 2018 Podcast

Is Indonesia Becoming Like Pakistan? with Andreas Harsono

The maximum penalty for blasphemy in Pakistan is death, and public protest is not allowed. Indonesia is nowhere near as bad as this--yet. "Indonesia is ...

Detail from book cover

MAR 5, 2018 Podcast

Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights, with David Kinley

Rich and poor, we're all dependent on the global financial system and it can be a force for good, says human rights law professor David ...

FEB 22, 2018 Podcast

Does Fake News Matter? with Brendan Nyhan

What are the real facts about fake news? Brendan Nyhan is co-author of an important new study on fake news consumption during the 2016 U.S. ...

During the Asia Dialogues site visit, Pacific Delegates discuss findings with Pacific Fellow Dicky Sofjan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, October 18, 2017. CREDIT: Devin Stewart

FEB 9, 2018 Article

Articles Resulting from Carnegie Council Religion and Tolerance Research Delegation to Indonesia, October 2017

In October 2017, Carnegie Council's Asia Dialogues program led a group of 12 Pacific Delegates from seven countries and a diverse set of professional backgrounds to Indonesia. ...