Why has Japanese whaling been so controversial during the past three decades? Watch the webcast with Dr. Fynn Holm, who has studied traditional and contemporary whaling in Japan’s whaling towns.
As Switzerland and other European countries discuss using contact tracing apps and other measures, Asia Society Switzerland and Korea Foundation teamed up for a webcast looking into Korea’s use of technology in its coronavirus response.
Watch the webcast with Jessica diCarlo, who has studied the Lao-China railway and Special Economic Zones in Northern Laos to showcase how infrastructures relate to on-the-ground political and social relations in host countries.
WWF Switzerland’s Ion Karagounis discussed ongoing efforts and challenges in greening BRI and related projects in Central Asia with Viktor Novikov, Geographer and Expert on Central Asia of the Zoï Environment Network.
Alexander Gabuev, senior fellow and the chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, on the geopolitical partnership between two superpowers.
Kevin Rudd, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute, and Daniel Rosen, founding partner of Rhodium Group, in conversation with Eunice Zehnder-Lai, Asia Society Switzerland Board Member, on the economic impact of the coronavirus.
Jörg Wuttke, president of the European Chamber of Commerce in China, in conversation with Markus Herrmann of Sinolytics on how Europe can benefit from the Belt and Road Initiative.
Jamil Anderlini, Asia bureau chief of the 'Financial Times', on the deteriorating media relationship between the two countries and why reporting from foreign news organizations is actually beneficial to China's top leadership.
