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Leni Robredo, 14th Vice President of the Philippines, joins us from Manila to talk about how disinformation tripped up her run for the presidency, and about her goal to create politically empowered citizens.
C. Raja Mohan, India's foremost foreign policy thinker and Senior Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute in New Delhi, on how to find balance among the Asian powers, and Western worries about the state of democracy in India.
Tomohiko Taniguchi, former Special Advisor to Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister, the late Shinzo Abe, on his worries about security in Asia, the question who is the enemy of the future of Japan, and the enduring importance of hope.
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Legislative Council member Iswandy Ahmad and agricultural entrepreneur Dr. Vanessa Teo talk about their homeland Brunei – the independent Islamic sultanate on the island of Borneo.
Human rights lawyer Dilfuza Kurolova and political scientist Dr. Farkhod Tolipov talk about their homeland Uzbekistan – the land locked and most populous country of Central Asia.
Human rights lawyer Bhavani Fonseka and human rights advocate Ambika Satkunanathan talk about their homeland Sri Lanka – the island nation just off the southeastern coast of India.