Asia Rising

The Catch.

A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region.

Episode 4: Reintegration

Episode 5 available now on all podcast platforms.

Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia)

Guest: Associate Professor Christina Stringer (Centre for Research on Modern Slavery, University of Auckland)

Produced by La Trobe Asia.

The Catch.

A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region.

Episode 3: Restitution

Episode 4 available now on all podcast platforms.

Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia)

Guest: Dr Sallie Yea (Tracey Banivanua Mar Fellow, La Trobe University)

Produced by La Trobe Asia.

The Chittagong Hill Tracts is in southeast Bangladesh, on the country’s border with India and Myanmar, and is home to 14 Indigenous groups. However, the state contests these people’s Indigenous status and identity. How will this impact their ability to participate in the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages, and what does it mean for the future of the languages of the Chittagong Hill Tracts?

A three podcast series exploring issues of indigenous languages to mark the beginning of the United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 - 2032).

Guest: Dr Maung Ting Nyeu (Research Scientist, New York University).

Host: Dr Gerald Roche (Senior Research Fellow, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University, La Trobe Asia Fellow).

Recorded on 19 March, 2022.

The Catch.

A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region.

Episode 2: In Too Deep

Episode 3 available now on all podcast platforms.

Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia)

Guest: Dr Sallie Yea (Tracey Banivanua Mar Fellow, La Trobe University)

Produced by La Trobe Asia.

The Catch.

A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region.

Episode 1: Recruitment

Episode 2 available now on all podcast platforms.

Host: Dr Bec Strating (Executive Director, La Trobe Asia)

Guest: Dr Sallie Yea (Tracey Banivanua Mar Fellow, La Trobe University)

Produced by La Trobe Asia.

The Catch.

A podcast miniseries about modern slavery and forced labour in the offshore fishing industry in the Asia Pacific Region.

Available now on all podcast platforms.

Hosted by Bec Strating, produced by La Trobe Asia.

At the end of June the Philippines will welcome new leadership featuring two very familiar names. Following in his father’s footsteps is Bongbong Marcos, son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and joining him as Vice-President is Sara Duterte, daughter of the current President.

While Marcos and Duterte are both the children of politicians with contentious backgrounds, they were elected with notably large majorities. How did they win, and what could their leadership mean for the Philippines?

Guest: Professor Nicole Curato (Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra).

Recorded on 27 May, 2022.

As Australians head to the voting booth, much of this election has focused on our regional relationships and our place in the global order.

Many have labelled this a 'khaki election', with national security becoming a major election issue. The campaign so far has been dominated by regional issues, particularly the fallout of China's pact with the Solomon Islands.

Whether it is the strength of our alliances with neighbours or how to deal with rising China, the next government will potentially shape Australia's place in the region for the next generation.

What does the 2022 election campaign reveal about Australia’s perceptions of its security within an increasingly contested region? Is the ‘politicisation’ of national security a positive development, and to what extent does it determine how people vote? And what do the national security discussions mean for the Asian diaspora in Australia?

Panel:

Associate Professor Andrea Carson (Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University)

Sarah Ison (Political reporter in The Australian's Canberra press gallery bureau)

Jennifer Hsu (Research Fellow in the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program, Lowy Institute)

Associate Professor Bec Strating (Director, La Trobe Asia)(Chair)

This event is a collaboration with the Defence and Security Institute at the University of Western Australia.

Recorded on 17 May 2022.

While the twentieth century saw the collapse of monarchies across Europe, recent events are a reminder that hereditary monarchies still matter in Asia. In some countries like Malaysia and Bhutan the institution is thriving, but they can struggle for relevancy given the pro-democracy movement in Thailand and fast-modernising landscape of Japan.

Guest: Emeritus Professor Dennis Altman (Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University), author of God Save the Queen: The Strange Persistence of Monarchies.

Recorded on 15 February, 2022.

Indonesia aspires to play an active and influential role in regional and global affairs, and its public expects broad influence. How can its foreign policy ideas adapt to a changing and contested region? And how can prospective partner countries such as Australia build trust and relationships?

Guest: Professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar (Research Professor at the Research Centre for Politics, National Research and Innovation Agency (Pusat Riset Politik BRIN); Chair, Board of Directors of The Habibie Center; former Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs to the Vice President of Indonesia).

Recorded on 28 April, 2022.