Beyond the Indus

The second Belt and Road Forum took place in a more challenging environment than the first.

‘s Ankit Panda () speaks to Shannon Tiezzi, ‘s editor-in-chief, about China’s second Belt and Road Forum.

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A conversation with veteran New Zealand journalist John McBeth about Southeast Asia’s past and Indonesia’s likely future.

Veteran New Zealand journalist John McBeth has covered Southeast Asia for half a century – that included coups, a genocide and the downfall of dictators – for publications like the once revered and feared .

He spoke with Luke Hunt about the “salad days of journalism”, which began on the in 1962, and of his bitterness over people who denied the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

McBeth’s work spans a wide range of topics. His first stories included of Cathay Pacific Convair 880 and the smashing of involving U.S. serviceman which formed the basis of the movie American Gangster. From his first base in Bangkok, McBeth moved to Manila, Seoul and eventually Jakarta , and was a keen observer at the recent elections which resulted in a likely second term for Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

The Islamic State-claimed attacks that killed nearly 400 people in Sri Lanka mark a watershed in South Asia’s terror landscape.

‘s Ankit Panda () and Prashanth Parameswaran () discuss the April 21, 2019, terror attacks in Sri Lanka.

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A conversation with renowed Malaysian journalist Leslie Lopez.

Renowned Malaysian journalist Leslie Lopez has witnessed dramatic events while covering Southeast Asia and his country since he began work as a reporter in the mid-1980s. That has included stints with Reuters, and 

Luke Hunt spoke with Lopez in Kuala Lumpur about the future of Malaysia following the shock election victory by the country’s opposition last May, the long-awaited handover of power from returning veteran prime minister, Mahathir Mohammad, to Anwar Ibrahim, and what needs to be done in the country the immediate future.

Can South Korean President Moon Jae-in save the moribund U.S.-North Korea diplomatic process?

‘s Ankit Panda () and Prashanth Parameswaran () discuss the state of U.S.-North Korea diplomacy and U.S.-South Korea relations.

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India’s prime minister has declared the country a “space superpower.”

‘s Ankit Panda () and Prashanth Parameswaran () discuss India’s first successful anti-satellite test using a direct ascent hit-to-kill interceptor.

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Catherine Putz joins the podcast to explain Nursultan Nazarbayev’s decision to resign the Kazakh presidency.

‘s Ankit Panda () is joined by Catherine Putz, ‘s managing editor and a Central Asia expert, to discuss Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s surprise decision to resign the presidency. The episode discusses the transition in Kazakhstan and likely geopolitical repercussions in the region.

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The attack in Christchurch is a wake-up call on the threat posed by white nationalist extremism in the region.

‘s Ankit Panda () and Prashanth Parameswaran () discuss the white nationalist terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the threat of white nationalism in the region.

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Luke Hunt speaks with author Philip Bowring about the ancient empires of Southeast Asia and how maritime trade helped shape a region long before the colonial era.

Long before there were the nation states of Southeast Asia, the region was dominated by a series of ancient empires. This legacy of the region, which lasted centuries and still manifests itself in some ways in contemporary Southeast Asia today, is often not fully appreciated amid the focus on the immediate and more recent postcolonial dynamics.

A new book by veteran journalist and former editor of the , Philip Bowring, intends to contribute to changing that. The book, , offers insights into Nusantaria, encompassing lands created by the melting of ice and the corridors that connected East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Nusantaria was a region predominantly populated by Austronesian-speaking peoples whose seafaring traditions dated back 2,000 years when trade laid the foundations for the great civilizations which followed.

Bowring, a graduate in history from Cambridge University and a student of the history and economy of maritime Asia, spoke with Luke Hunt about his latest project.

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Does an unambiguous U.S. assurance to the Philippines in the South China Sea give second wind to an alliance in trouble?

‘s Ankit Panda () and Prashanth Parameswaran () discuss the U.S.-Philippines alliance and the “quadrilateral” consultations between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.

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