Around the World: Transcending and Connecting through Meditation, Coronavirus Impact on Southeast Asia, and More
Monday, April 6, 2020
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Each week, we'll share a variety of videos, articles, webcasts, and more from around the web — all curated by Asia Society Texas Center staff to reflect the broad interests and goals of our mission. On Mondays, explore Business and Policy topics through a selection of videos, podcasts, and articles.
Webcast: Meditation and Connectedness: Transcending the Challenges of COVID-19
NEW YORK, April 8, 2020 — It is commonly accepted that meditation provides peace and balance that benefits the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of your body. In the midst of social distancing and social isolation, people need to feel meditation's principles of interconnectedness. And in the face of quarantines, lockdowns, and stay-at-home orders, people would benefit from becoming more disciplined through meditation. Join Asia Society New York for an interview with Thupten Jinpa Langri, a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and an academic of Western and Eastern philosophy and religious studies.
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Article: The Coronavirus and Southeast Asia: Can Catastrophe be Avoided?
ASIA SOCIETY POLICY INSTITUTE, March 24, 2020 — In Southeast Asia, a region of some 655 million people, a humanitarian catastrophe looms as the COVID-19 pandemic advances and economies falter. Richard Maude, Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute and Executive Director, Policy, Asia Society Australia, provides his perspective.
Video: Multilateral Cooperation on Investment Policies in Critical Technologies
ASIA SOCIETY POLICY INSTITUTE, February 26, 2020 — After a keynote address by Thomas Feddo, assistant secretary for investment security at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a panel of experts discusses the challenges governments face in protecting emerging technologies and critical digital infrastructure. Panelists include Anne Salladin, Masaki Ishikawa, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, and Nigel Cory. The conversation was moderated by Asia Society Policy Institute Vice President Wendy Cutler.
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Podcast: Asia In-Depth: What Happened to Myanmar?
January 10, 2020 — Thant Myint-U, author of the recent book The Hidden History of Burma, talks to Asia Society Executive Vice President Tom Nagorski about the tough questions surrounding Myanmar's transition.
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