Current Affairs

The outspoken scholar Rogier Creemers has been a guest of the Sinica Podcast on the social credit system that was recorded live on October 31 2018 at the Asia Society Switzerland. With an obvious thirst for understanding everything and a humble claim for his work's reach – especially because of knowing so much – a conversation with Rogier is as entertaining as insightful.

Kevin Rudd, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Prime Minister of Australia, talked about U.S.-China relations, China’s balancing act in managing slowing growth domestically and massive investments with the Belt and Road initiative globally, about the EU, Switzerland, and Australia on November 14, 2018, in Zurich.

By Savitri Taylor, Associate Professor Law School, La Trobe University

What would a humanitarian asylum seeker policy look like?

On November 5th, 2018, Christophe Jafrelot, Rahul Pandita and Ajit Ranade discussed Pakistan's new Premier and his challenges within the country, the subcontinent and beyond.

The class of 2018 — 30 extraordinary selectees from across Asia — traveled to the Philippines for discussion, celebration, and networking.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks on the U.S. and China at a Crossroads in an address at Asia Society headquarters.

China is no longer a country content with its current circumstances, ASPI President Kevin Rudd tells Japan's Asahi Shimbun.

ASEAN should advance own Indo-Pacific concept or see Washington or Beijing take the lead, writes ASPI President Kevin Rudd.

China’s Economic Reforms Cannot, Should Not Stop, ASPI President Kevin Rudd writes in Caixin.

As long as the future of U.S.-China relations remain unclear, Japan's PM Shinzo Abe should work on improving China-Japan relations, says ASPI President Kevin Rudd.