Asia Inside Out

What happens when water problems are no longer temporary crises but signs of a deeper, systemic breakdown? On this episode of Asia Inside Out, Farwa Aamer, director of South Asia initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute, speaks with Professor Kaveh Madani, director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH), about the concept of “global water bankruptcy” and what it means for Asia. Madani discusses water scarcity and stress, the pressure...

On this episode of Asia Inside Out, Farwa Aamer, Director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute, sits down with Prof. C. Raja Mohan, Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute, to discuss the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, BRICS, and the New Geopolitics. The conversation assesses the rapid emergence of plurilaterals and minilaterals over traditional multilateralism. It reflects on the SCO summit in Bishkek, the upcoming BRICS summit ...

On this episode of Asia Inside Out, Farwa Aamer, Director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute, sits down with H.E. Professor Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, to discuss Pakistan's economic transformation and evolving role in regional and global affairs. The conversation explores U.S.-Pakistan relations, critical minerals, Pakistan's strategy for balancing ties with both the United States and China, CPEC 2....

On this episode of Asia Inside Out, Farwa Aamer, Director for South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute, sits down with David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times. Sanger unpacks the Iran war's shifting goalposts and its ripple effects across the Persian Gulf; the emergence of players like Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan and what the shifting regional order means for the United States; the recalibration of U.S.-China relations und...

On this episode of Asia Inside Out, Akshay Mathur, Senior Director of Asia Society Policy Institute Delhi, speaks with Ambassador Gurjit Singh, former Indian Ambassador to ASEAN, Indonesia, Germany, Ethiopia, and the African Union, about the future of India's relationship with ASEAN. Drawing on Singh's latest book, The Durian Flavour, they explore the historical and cultural foundations of India's engagement with Southeast Asia, the evolution of India's Look East and Act East policies, India'...