Asia Dialogues

Overview

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

JAN 30, 2018 Podcast

"Modern Slavery" with Siddharth Kara

In his third book on slavery, which took 16 years of research, Siddharth Kara calculates that there are roughly 31 million slaves worldwide, at least half of ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, state counsellor of Myanmar. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Remise_du_Prix_Sakharov_%C3%A0_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi_Strasbourg_22_octobre_2013-08.jpg">Claude TRUONG-NGOC (CC)</a>

JAN 26, 2018 Podcast

Moral Leadership Missing in Burma, with Ambassador Derek Mitchell

Former ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell examines the complex situation there, including the roots of the ongoing Rohingya crisis and China's influence there. Aung San ...

The Pentagon. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_030926-F-2828D-089_Aerial_view_of_the_Pentagon.jpg">U.S. Navy/Public Domain</a>

DEC 20, 2017 Podcast

Trump's National Security Strategy, with Julianne Smith

"I would say most of the people I have talked to outside of government, including some people in Congress, have been a little taken aback," ...

DEC 7, 2017 Podcast

Banning Nuclear Weapons with 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN

Did you know that 122 countries have adopted a treaty to ban nuclear weapons? The organization behind this movement is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear ...

NOV 22, 2017 Podcast

From Charlottesville to North Korea: Filming Social Change with Josh Davis

In a wide-ranging conversation, Emmy award-winning Vice News producer Josh Davis takes Devin Stewart behind the scenes of his in-depth documentaries, from the deadly white ...

Refugee camp in Rakhine State, Myanmar/Burma, September 2013. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eu_echo/10015629093">Mathias Eick, EU/ECHO</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

NOV 16, 2017 Podcast

The Rohingya Crisis: "Myanmar's Enemy Within" with Francis Wade

Francis Wade, author of "The Enemy Within," a new book on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, explains the historical background to the persecution of the ...

NOV 9, 2017 Podcast

The Rise of Duterte in the Philippines, with Richard Heydarian

Duterte is part of an arc of populism in emerging market democracies such as Turkey and India, says author Haydarian, but unlike populist movements in ...

OCT 3, 2017 Podcast

Fake News and Google with Daniel Sieberg

How much of a threat is fake news to the average citizen? What is Google doing to counteract its spread? Learn more with this conversation ...

SEP 6, 2017 Podcast

Islam in Indonesia's Political Economy with Wayne Forrest

Indonesia is enjoying economic growth and the reemergence of democracy, yet it is troubling that the influence of Islam in politics is also growing. "I'm ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thejointstaff/36478259912">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

SEP 5, 2017 Podcast

The Trump Effect in Japan with Robert Dujarric

"When you have a president like Trump, you do have to ask yourself: 'What will the United States look like in five years or in ...