【EP6: Strengthening Cultural and Academic Bridges through the New Southbound Policy: A Tale of Two Scholars】
Welcome to “New Southbound Warm Power Up”! This podcast is curated by Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF) and produced by Heartwave.
What does TAEF do? We are dedicated to advancing the New Southbound Policy, fostering friendly relationships with Southeast Asian societies through “soft power” and “warm power” in areas such as cultures and arts, academic think tanks, youth leadership, regional resilience, and civil society. After years of effort, we are thrilled to present the first season of our podcast, which consists of six episodes and seven short segments. Hope you have a wonderful listening experience!
Since the founding of the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), it has fostered close ties with numerous domestic and foreign scholars through events such as the Yushan Forum and other fora, events, and programs. When foreign scholars come to Taiwan, they bring a piece of their home country with them, and upon return, they take a bit of Taiwan back. Similarly, when Taiwanese scholars venture abroad, they showcase Taiwan on the world stage and introduce the world to its culture and richness. These grassroot connections significantly deepen exchanges and mutual understanding.
In this episode, we are privileged to host two special guests to delve into this topic further. Dr. Sana Hashmi, a young scholar from India, currently on a postdoctoral fellowship at TAEF will offer her insights on Taiwan-India relations, the New Southbound Policy, and her perspective on Taiwan as a whole given she has been living in Taiwan for over four years now and calls Taiwan her home. Additionally, Roger Liu, a Taiwanese scholar, has been teaching in India for over eight years. He will share how his experiences in India have shaped his approach to fostering exchanges between Taiwan and India, as well as ways to strengthen ties between the two countries. The two scholars we have the privilege of hosting today are solid examples of how exchanges and mutual understanding can promote relations. Welcome to the TAEF podcast, Dr. Hashmi and Dr. Liu.
Guest: Dr. Sana Hashmi
Dr. Sana Hashmi is currently a postdoctoral fellow at TAEF, a fellow at George H. W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations. Concurrently, she is affiliated with Taiwan’s NextGen Foundation and Japan’s Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Studies. In 2020, she was Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellow at National Chengchi University’s Institute of International Relations. Prior to coming to Taiwan, she served as a consultant with India’s Ministry of External Affairs from 2016-19. At the MEA, she was a desk officer for Singapore and her research was on China’s influence in Southeast Asia. From 2011-16, she was an associate fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, an autonomous think tank under the Indian Air Force. In 2017, she was named the United Kingdom’s next-gen foreign and security policy scholar.She holds an MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her areas of specialization are China and Taiwan’s foreign policies, the New Southbound Policy, Taiwan-India relations, China’s territorial disputes, Indo-Pacific, and Asian security issues.
Guest: Dr. Roger Liu
Born and raised in Taiwan and a naturalized US citizen, Dr. Liu has spent over eight years in India. He earned his PhD in political science from the University of South Carolina. He is currently the chief executive officer of the Research Institute for Democracy and Society and Emerging Technology (DSET), National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Dr. Liu has served as an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at FLAME University in Pune, India, as well as the founding chair of the Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies (CSSAS), with which he builds cultural and academic bridges and connections between India and Taiwan. Before going to India, Dr. Liu was a middle school teacher in the greater Boston area, dedicated to teaching Mandarin and culture in the US.
Host: Cherri
Cherri was born and raised in Hong Kong. Having earned her Bachelor’s degree in Translation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she is now studying Chinese-English Conference Interpreting at National Taiwan University’s Graduate Program for Translation and Interpreting.
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【 Ep.6 印度學者在台灣．台灣學者在印度】
歡迎收聽《新南向暖暖包》！這個由臺灣亞洲交流基金會（TAEF）策劃、心陪有聲 × 用心陪伴你製作的訪談性Podcast，將帶您深入瞭解臺亞會推動新南向政策的豐碩成果。
在本集節目中，我們很榮幸邀請到兩位特別嘉賓：來自印度、目前擔任臺亞會博士後研究員的Sana Hashmi博士，他將分享對台印關係和新南向政策的見解；以及在印度任教逾八年的台灣學者劉奇峰博士，他將講述在印度的經歷如何影響他推動台印交流及深化雙邊關係。
節目重點
1.自我介紹（00:00-12:53）
2. 在台印遇到的文化衝擊（12:54-17:10）
3. 近年台印的交流互動（17:11-22:30）
4. 新南向政策的成就與意義（22:31-28:52）
5. 台印關係未來願景（28:53-36:48）
嘉賓：胡莎娜博士（Sana Hashmi, PhD）
臺亞會博士後研究員。胡莎娜博士目前也是日本的印度太平洋問題研究所（RIIPA） 的兼任研究人員。她的主要研究領域為台灣對外關係、中國外交政策、新南向政策、台印關係、中國的領士爭議、印太議題、亞洲安全等。
在2020年，胡莎娜博士獲選外交部獎助之外國學人，駐點於國立政治大學國際關係研究中心。在2016年至2019年期間，胡莎娜博士於印度外交部擔任顧問，主責研究東南亞地區和中國的印太事務發展。在2017年，她被提名為英國新世代外交及安全政策學人（United Kingdom’s next-gen foreign and security policy scholar）。
在進入印度外交部之前，胡莎娜博士於2011年至2016年期間，服務於印度空軍下的獨立智庫-空軍研究中心（Centre for Air Power Studies）。胡莎娜博士服務過的其它單位為：南亞人權論壇 （South Asia Forum for Human Rights）、藏人行政中央（Central Tibetan Administration）、印度國防研究分析學院 （Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses）等。
胡莎娜博士擁有新德里尼赫魯大學（Jawaharlal Nehru University）的碩士與博士學位。她的研究出版遍及在書籍、學術期刊、雜誌、網路平台、新聞媒體等。她的著作為「中國的領士爭議策略：教訓與展望」（“China’s Approach towards Territorial Disputes”）。胡莎娜博士目前在準備她的新書，將探討促進印度在台灣新南向政策中的角色。
胡莎娜博士的連絡方式：E-mail: [email protected]；Twitter帳號：@sanahashmi1
嘉賓：劉奇峰博士
劉博士在台灣出生長大，現已取得美國公民身份，並曾於印度生活八年有餘。他在南卡羅來納大學獲得政治學博士學位，現任國家科學及技術委員會（國科會，NSTC）科技、民主與社會研究中心（DSET）執行長。劉博士曾於印度弗萊明大學（FLAME University）的社會科學系擔任國際政治副教授，以及該校南亞暨東南亞研究中心（CSSAS）的創始主任，在任職期間致力於搭建台印間的文化及學術橋樑。於赴印執教前，曾於大波士頓地區的中學任教，推廣中文教學與亞洲文化。
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