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Southeast Asia’s Multipolar Future: A Conversation with Tom Parks and Scot Marciel
By John Rieger
August 9, 2023
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Southeast Asia is rapidly becoming a competitive space for geopolitical rivalries. Will U.S.-Chinese tensions create a new Cold War divide in Southeast Asia?
Bangladeshi Workers in Maldives: Reforming a Vital Relationship
By Md. Zakaria and Bernard Vimanga
August 9, 2023
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Bangladeshi workers in the Maldives are important to both economies, but more needs to be done to protect the rights of labor migrants.
To Save the Philippines’ Forests, He Sued for Future Generations
By John Rieger and Tracie Yang
July 26, 2023
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Does the state have obligations to people who don’t yet exist? Can those people sue? The celebrated case of a pioneering environmental lawyer, today on the InAsia podcast.
Promoting “Social and Behavior Change” in the Philippine Human Rights Sector
By Katherine Gutlay
July 26, 2023
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Human rights groups have been battered by targeted disinformation. A new behavioral approach to strategic communications offers a way to reclaim the initiative.
It’s Time to Act on Sri Lanka’s Air Quality
By Erandi De Wass Gunawardena and Shannon Razack
July 26, 2023
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From untamed industrial soot to household stoves fueled with wood and plastic waste, Sri Lanka is poisoning its air. New research assesses the problem and points to the path forward.
Catching Up with the Young Asian Diplomats
July 12, 2023
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Much work—and some play—on a U.S. study tour for 15 mid-career Asian diplomats. We meet two of them on this week’s podcast.
Women Are Missing from India’s Border Trade
By Nikita Singla
July 12, 2023
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India’s cross-border trade ecosystem does not include enough women. The country is leaving money on the table.
APEC 2023 in San Francisco: What’s in Store?
By John Rieger and Tracie Yang
June 28, 2023
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It’s the United States’ year to host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, whose 21 members reach from Russia to the South Pacific and from South America to China. U.S. Senior Official for APEC Matt Murray joins us talk about how the big job is coming along.
Nepal Gains Ground in Civic Space Efforts
By Ajay Das, Carolyn O’Donnell, and Stephanie Ma
June 28, 2023
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The Constitution of Nepal envisions civil society and the media as partners in a democratic society. At a time when South Asia is experiencing a closing of civic space, Nepal has resisted the trend.
Civic Peacebuilding on the Rise in the Asia-Pacific
By Adam Burke
June 28, 2023
Blog
Authoritarian tendencies have eroded civic space and democratic norms worldwide, but a forthcoming study suggests that peacebuilders are finding new ways to promote change and hold governments to account.