5. Aug 2022 / 22 min

China’s Role in the Future of Green Energy

A Discussion with Einari Kisel. Hosted by Saskia Lilli Lehtsalu

How green is green energy really? And what role does Asia, more specifically China play in the transition to green energy? On the 7th of July, International Energy Agency came out with a press release warning the world to diversify the solar panel supply chain, which as of now is dominated by China. In this episode, Saskia Lilli Lehtsalu, an intern at University of Tartu Asia Center will take a look at the current energy green energy dilemma and discuss the future scenarios with energy expert Einari Kisel from Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) in Estonia. Einari is the current Head of Partnerships and Strategy in the Fin-est Center for Smart Cities in TalTech and former World Energy Council Regional Manager for Europe.

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9. Dec 2022 / 22 min

People, Place, Race, and Nation in Xinjiang, China: Territories of Identity

A conversation with David O’Brien and Melissa Shani Brown. Hosted by Julie Yu-Wen Chen

Entitled People, Place, Race, and Nation in Xinjiang, China: Territories of Identity (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022), David O’Brien and Melissa Shani Brown’s new book focuses upon the ways in which ethnic difference is writ through the banalities of everyday life: who one trusts, what one eats, where one shops, even what time one’s clocks are set to (Xinjiang being […]

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13. Jan 2023 / 32 min

Malaysia’s GE15: Reflections on a Snap Election

A conversation with Duncan McCargo. Hosted by Mai Van Tran.

Malaysia held its fifteenth general election on 19 November 2022 after it was called at short notice before the end of the last government’s term. What was this election all about? How to understand its results? Can we consider Malaysia to be experiencing a democratic transition? And what comparative lessons does this election offer for […]

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