In this episode, Ian Chong, a nonresident scholar with Carnegie China, discusses how Japan seeks to navigate its complex economic and security ties with the People’s Republic of China. Japan’s economy has become deeply integrated with that of the PRC over decades of globalization and cooperation remains important, but mounting concerns about coercion, pressure, and tension over regional territorial disputes are currently driving a more cautious Japanese approach.
Joining Ian are two specialists on Japan. Akira Igata is a project lecturer at the Economic Security Intelligence Lab, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo. Ayumi Teraoka is a fellow with the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program and an incoming assistant professor at the Brandeis University.
Joining Ian Chong to discuss China's relationship with Vietnam are Huong Le Thu and Nguyễn Khác Giang.
What role is China playing in the ongoing civil war in Myanmar? How does Beijing relate to the interested parties inside and outside of Myanmar?
In this episode, the scholars discuss how the Belt and Road Initiative has affected perceptions of China in Southeast Asia and the China-Southeast Asia relations.
In this episode, Dr. Ian Chong hosts a conversation with Sutawan Chanprasert and Ibrahim Suffian, on the disinformation campaigns observed in Southeast Asia, and how to address it.