Asian Insider Podcast

Asian Insider Podcast

Malaysia’s education gamble: UEC option and lowering school age

In this episode, we discuss Malaysia's education reforms: UEC option and the lowering of school age.

Asian Insider Podcast

Singaporean tech founders on building global companies in US

In this episode, US Bureau Chief Bhagyashree Garekar chats with Jasmin Young and Anthony Chow about how they established successful businesses in the US.

Asian Insider Podcast

Strategic calculations behind India's trade deals flurry

In this episode, we speak to Ambassador Jawed Ashraf, Chairman of India Trade Promotion Organisation and former foreign policy aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who also served as envoy to Singapore and France, on the thinking behind the deals, India’s newfound confidence to sign on to market-opening agreements, and the chances of India revisiting its decision to abandon the Asean-backed RCEP, or Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

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Hong Kong’s tolerance for shortcuts has turned deadly

In this episode, we talk about how the Tai Po fire fuelled frustrations with the system and how Hong Kong's tolerance for shortcuts turned deadly.

Asian Insider Podcast

China's fossil fuel addiction exposes a strategic vulnerability

Dramatic developments in Venezuela and Iran, both important oil suppliers for China, have exposed Beijing’s vulnerability in terms of energy security.

Asian Insider Podcast

Trump’s Venezuela strike: The good, bad and the ugly

Was it all about oil? Transnational crime cartels? Or China? In this episode, we try to understand Washington’s real game in Venezuela.

Asian Insider Podcast

Asia’s drone wars: Who’s buying Predators and Reapers?

In this episode, Ravi speaks with Dr Vivek Lall, Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corp, on trends in modern warfare.

Asian Insider Podcast

The one design feature that makes Taiwan ‘ugly’

In this episode, we discuss Taiwan's man-made blight across its cities: ubiquitous, often rusty, metal grilles criss-crossing windows.

Asian Insider Podcast

From Zara Qairina to Harimau Malaya: A gripping 2025 for Malaysia

We look back at the Malaysian stories that shook 2025, from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Cabinet vacancy and the death of Zara Qairina amid rising school violence, to the scandal engulfing Harimau Malaya’s heritage players.

Asian Insider Podcast

Why the US dollar is so sticky

Harvard historian Mary Bridges, the author of Dollars and Dominion, explains why the world is likely to stay dollar-centric even as China, Russia, India and many countries try to toggle away from the greenback and into rival currencies like the yuan or the euro

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