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For years, for most of us, news on global trade mostly hid out in the pages of The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times. Not anymore. as the U.S. is threatening and hitting friend and foe with punitive tariffs. The rules-based system that has been governing global trade seems to be evaporating in front of our eyes.
What does that mean for consumers, companies, and governments in Europe and Asia? Hear insights from both continents. Renowned trade policy experts Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore, and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Director of the European Centre for International Political Economy, try to make sense of the rapid changes.
The conversations were recorded as part of the latest episode of our online series A Closer Look. That video is available on our website.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 8, episode 7 - Published: February 18, 2025
Host/Editor: Remko Tanis, Managing Editor, Asia Society Switzerland -
Late last year, at our annual STATE OF ASIA conference, we hosted a conversation on the economic developments in Japan, China, and India.
After decades of stagnation, Japan’s economy is showing optimism from structural shifts like labor market reforms and wage increases that are finally starting to pay off.
In China, growth has peaked and the government is yet to succeed in convincing its population it’s okay to spend money.
All the while, India is now the fastest-growing developing economy and scrambling to shed its protectionist past in order to create a lot more much-needed jobs.
This, and much more, was discussed in three 12-minute conversations by:
Garima Mohan, Senior Fellow in the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund of the United StatesAlicia García Herrero, Chief Economist Asia Pacific at NatixisYumiko Murakami, General Partner at MPower Partners Fund, L.P.More information on the conference, the speakers, plus videos and summaries, are available on our website.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 8, episode 6 - Published: February 11, 2025
Host/Editor: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
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Kaiser Kuo, host of the long-running Sinica podcast, joins us in Zurich to discuss the evolving narrative on China, and why the West is so often 'stunned' by Chinese breakthroughs in electric vehicles, green technology, or, most recently: AI, with DeepSeek.
Chartbook, by Adam ToozePekingnology and The East is Read, by Zichen WangInterconnected, by Kevin XuBaiguan, by Robert WuChinese Cooking DemystifiedPlayground, by Richard PowersDal recipe
We explore the reasons behind the challenges of reporting on China, the importance of strategic empathy, and the shifting dynamics of global influence, particularly in relation to American exceptionalism.
Recommendations mentioned at the end of the episode:Stay up-to-date on all events and activities at Asia Society Switzerland: subscribe to the newsletter and support our work by becoming a member.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 8, episode 5 - Published: February 4, 2025
Hosts: Nico Luchsinger and Remko Tanis, Asia Society Switzerland
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India and Indonesia, the juggernaut democracies of South and Southeast Asia, both ended 2024 with new governments that hold new ambitions. How will this pan out in the year to come?
We talked about this with Dewi Fortuna Anwar, one of Indonesia’s foremost foreign policy experts; and Garima Mohan, Senior Fellow in the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund. The conversation is moderated by James Crabtree, 2024 TOY Senior Fellow at Asia Society Switzerland, and was recorded at the third edition of our STATE OF ASIA conference, held last November in Zurich.More information on the conference, the speakers, plus videos and summaries, are available on our website.
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Season 8, episode 4 - Published: January 28, 2025
Host/Editor: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
We check in with Schoni Song in Seoul, to discuss this morning's unprecedented arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is accused of leading an insurrection. How have people in South Korea responded to the news, and what could come next?
Schoni is a former colleague at Asia Society and was a speaker in our 2023 webcast A Closer Look at South Korea.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 8, episode 3 - Published: January 15, 2025
Host/Editor: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
China is undergoing unprecedented changes domestically, while also dealing with the challenges of a volatile world.
Listen to Qing Wang, host of the popular Chinese-language podcast The Weirdo; Zichen Wang, Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization; and Adam Tooze, economic historian and professor at Columbia University discuss the state of China.
The discussion is moderated by Finbarr Birmingham, Europe correspondent for the South China Morning Post, and was recorded at STATE OF ASIA, the flagship conference hosted by Asia Society Switzerland last November, in Zurich.
More information on the conference, the speakers, plus videos and summaries, are available on our website.
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Season 8, episode 2 - Published: January 14, 2025
Host/Editor: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
We're kicking off the year with two great minds discussing the State of the World as Asia's global importance continues to grow, Europe seems somewhat lost, and the U.S. is preparing for the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
Listen to Asia Society President & CEO Kyung-wha Kang and economic historian Adam Tooze, professor at Columbia University in New York. Their conversation was recorded at STATE OF ASIA, the flagship conference hosted by Asia Society Switzerland last November, in Zurich.
More information on the conference, the speakers, plus videos and summaries, are available on our website.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 8, episode 1 - Published: January 7, 2025
Host/Editor: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
The Gen A Young Leadership Program is a key initiative of Asia Society Switzerland. It brings together a group of around 25 vetted young professionals and advance students to participate in a year of deepening their Asia knowledge and to provide them with the tools to interpret developments in Asia and identify opportunities for successful collaboration. Gen A enables the next generation of leaders to engage with Asia at eye level and builds a community of young Asia-curious people in Switzerland.
Recently, our 2024 cohort graduated from the Gen A program, joining a community that has now grown to well over a hundred alumni. At the graduation ceremony for the Gen A 2024 fellows, Bettina Schaller, Head of Group Public Affairs of The Adecco Group and President of the World Employment Confederation, spoke with the graduates about skills young professionals at the start of their careers need in a changing world.
A world, Bettina says, that with 2024 has gone through a huge number of disruptions on many different levels and with countries the world over now being led by new governments who will shape what the world will look like in the immediate future. What does this mean for the grads and the demand for their skills? Where does Asia and Asia Competence fit into this? And what’s the one thing still no one has found the full answer to?
We are now accepting applications for the 2025 iteration of Gen A. All information is on our website. Apply before January 12, 2025.
Asia Society Switzerland is deeply grateful for the generous support of the Gen A – Young Leadership Program by the Ernst Göhner Stiftung, the Hirschmann Stiftung, Nicolas Oltramare and IMP AG.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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Season 7, Bonus Episode 3 - Published: December 16, 2024
Host, Editor/producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice, published in 2023, is a story of power, corruption, and complicity, set in modern India. In the early 2000s, the lives of Ajay, Neda, and Sunny – the novel's three main characters – cross in New Delhi. There is idealism, optimism even; but also crime, drugs, and violence, as Sunny Wadia follows in the footsteps of his powerful father. Age of Vice, which became a New York Times bestseller and will be adapted into a tv series, is not a didactic novel, but a deeply researched portrait of a changing country, with a fast-growing economy, and ever greater inequality.
Deepti visited Zurich in October 2024 to talk about the book at Asia Society Switzerland's Big Picture event. The conversation was moderated by James Crabtree, 2024 TOY Senior Fellow at Asia Society Switzerland and himself author of The Billionaire Raj, a well-received book on crony capitalism and the rise of India's billionaire class. Listen to their conversation in this episode of the STATE OF ASIA podcast, or watch them at the event in this video.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 7, Bonus Episode 2 - Published: December 9, 2024
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On November 6, 2024, leading global thinker Adam Tooze delivered Asia Society Switzerland's third annual State of Asia Address in front of a full house in the prestigious aula of the University of Zurich, our partner for this event.
Adam holds the Shelby Cullom Davis chair of History at Columbia University in New York City. In 2019, Foreign Policy Magazine named him one of the top Global Thinkers of the decade.
Chartbook, his newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history, has over 120,000 subscribers. He is a columnist for Foreign Policy, where he also hosts a weekly economics podcast, Ones & Tooze.
The full text of Adam's 2024 State of Asia Address 'Asia in the Age of Polycrisis' is available on our website. A video of the address is here.STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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Season 7, episode 6 - Published: November 12, 2024
Host/Editor: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
China and India seem to be en route to a better, or less bad, relationship for the first time in years. Germany published its first 'Focus on India' policy paper, immediately followed by a visit of Chancellor Scholz to New Delhi.
The new EU Commission has specifically named India as an important part of its strategies.
Russia, just like India a founding member of BRICS and host of that forum's 2024 summit, has its own pressing reasons to maintain the historical ties with India.
And then there's the Quad, in which India cooperates ever closer with fellow democracies the United States, Australia, and Japan.
What is India making of this momentum? Will it stick to its policy of non-alignment, or is, despite all the approaches from all sides, nonetheless a tilt to the West visible?
On this episode, we discuss all this with Garima Mohan, Senior Fellow in the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund, where she leads the work on India and heads the India Trilateral Forum. Her research focuses on Europe-India ties, EU foreign policy in Asia, and security in the Indo-Pacific.
Garima is one of the speakers at our flagship STATE OF ASIA conference on November 7 in Zurich. Have a look at the full line-up and find information on how to get tickets on our website.
The evening before, on November 6, renowned historian and global thinker Adam Tooze delivers our State of Asia Address in Zurich. This is a public event, though registration to attend is crucial. More info here.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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Season 7, episode 5 - Published: October 29, 2024
Host: Serena Jung, Program and Communications Director, Asia Society Switzerland
Editor/producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
’The Weirdo’ is a podcast for people who live up to its name. It’s a very popular weekly Chinese-language show, where younger generation Chinese living both inside China and elsewhere come together to talk about topics ranging from international relations to personal relationships, from current events to the big issues of our time.
It’s, as the hosts say it, about ‘human survival in a complex and ever-changing world’.
On this episode, we speak with Qing Wang, one of the hosts of ’The Weirdo’, about not fitting in, the courage to say no, how Europe’s image has changed among people in China – and not for the better.
Qing Wang is one of the speakers at our flagship STATE OF ASIA conference on November 7 in Zurich. Have a look at the full line-up and find information on how to get tickets on our website.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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Season 7, episode 4 - Published: October 15, 2024
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On October 20, 2024, Indonesia will inaugurate Prabowo Subianto as its new President. Ever since his election win back in February, world leaders have been courting Prabowo, meeting with him even before he has taken office. Prabowo seems to love presidenting around the world much more than current President Joko Widodo did during his ten years in office.
If all goes well, says Dewi Fortuna Anwar, our guest on this episode, Indonesia under Prabowo could claim a much more active role on the world stage to deal with global issues like climate change and energy security. But Prabowo is also known to be temperamental and at times unpredictable, finding particular joy in sneering at Europe.
Dewi Fortuna Anwar is one of the speakers at our flagship STATE OF ASIA conference on November 7 in Zurich. Have a look at the full line-up and find information on how to get tickets on our website.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
Stay up-to-date on all events and activities at Asia Society Switzerland: subscribe to the newsletter and support our work by becoming a member.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 7, episode 3 - Published: October 1, 2024
Host, editor/producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
Over the past year, U.S.-China relations have seen slight improvement, in part driven by the U.S. desire for stability leading up to the Presidential election. Regardless of whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the election, the new President will have to make a crucial decision: maintain this fragile period of stability, or press forward with more competitive measures to push back against China's rise. The decision will hinge on a policy debate that balances the need to deter Chinese aggression with the importance of reassuring China about U.S. long-term intentions, particularly regarding sensitive issues like Taiwan.
Should the new U.S. administration double down on tougher deterrence, including military hard power and denying China access to advanced technology? Or should it instead seek reassurance, aiming to collaborate with China on global issues such as climate change?
Listen to an Oxford Debate co-organized by Asia Society Policy Institute and Asia Society Switzerland and held on September 17, 2024, on the motion “The next U.S. administration must reassure China, not just deter it”.
Presenting clear-cut, time-constrained, well-thought-out arguments are:
Yun Sun, Director of the China Program at the Stimson CenterRorry Daniels, Managing Director, Asia Society Policy InstituteJames Crabtree, TOY Senior Fellow at Asia Society Switzerland and at the Asia Society Policy InstituteJason Hsu, former Taiwanese Legislator and Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy SchoolLearn more about the speakers on the event's website and watch the video of the entire debate here.
Our Oxford Debate series offers insights into complex issues, presented in short and clear arguments. Find all the debates here.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 7, Bonus Episode 1 - Published: September 18, 2024
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With the U.S. heading to the polls in November, Asia, like the rest of the world, will be following the election outcome closely. While all U.S. elections are consequential for the world, this one seems especially so, with the two candidates charting divergent paths for U..S policy on issues such as global security, trade and climate change.
Hear from Asia Society’s global network of experts from Melbourne, Delhi, Hong Kong and Tokyo to explore how Asian countries perceive the U.S. role in Asia and what bearing the election will have on the region’s security and prosperity.
Recorded on September 11, 2024, at an event organized by the Asia Society Centers in Australia, India, Hong Kong, and Japan. Watch the full video here.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 7, episode 2 - Published: September 17, 2024
Host, editor/producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
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.S.
James Crabtree, TOY Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute and Asia Society Switzerland, joins us to dissect the impacts these leadership changes have on the geopolitical landscape.
James Crabtree is one of the speakers at our flagship STATE OF ASIA conference on November 7 in Zurich. Have a look at the full line-up and find information on how to get tickets on our website.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 7, episode 1 - Published: September 3, 2024
Host: Nico Luchsinger, Executive Director, Asia Society Switzerland
Editor/producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
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 Asia Society Switzerland.
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Season 7 trailer - Published: August 27, 2024
Editor/Producer:
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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 with two experts on all things batteries and geopolitics: Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor at the Australia-China Relations Institute of the University of Technology Sydney; and Duo Fu, Vice President of the Clean Tech Division at Rystad Energy, a Norwegian energy intelligence firm.
The conversation is also available as a webcast here. More information on the speakers is on our website.
STATE OF ASIA is back with new episodes in September.
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Season 6, Bonus episode 4 - Published: July 11, 2024
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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 tank Breugel.
Alicia discusses the key differences between the two countries, talks about if the world is even looking for a new China, and provides insights on what economic policies could drive India’s continued growth, especially as the country enters a second decade under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
This is the final episode of this season. Expect bonus episodes over the summer. We’re back with new episodes early September.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 6, episode 6 - Published: June 11, 2024
Host: Nico Luchsinger, Executive Director, Asia Society Switzerland
Editor/producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland -
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 Asia Program, and Director of the Japan Program at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC.
Yuki sheds light on Japan's historical approach to China, the current state of their bilateral relations, and the delicate balance between deterrence and engagement.
We also discuss the implications of Japan's changing security policies on its relationship with other regional players, including South Korea and India and we explore the sentiment of the Japanese public towards these shifts.
Want more insights on Japan’s foreign policy? Watch Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times in conversation with Jesper Koll at Asia Society Japan in this video.
STATE OF ASIA brings you engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all.
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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland.
Season 6, episode 5 - Published: May 28, 2024
Host/Producer: Remko Tanis, Programs and Editorial Manager, Asia Society Switzerland - Visa fler
