Asia and the World International News Programme.

1.The History of the region and background.
A history of the region from WWII period covering the reintegration of Japan, the splitting up of the Korean peninsula, Taiwan and China, Hong Kong and the associated political and economic factors that are still relevant today.

2.The Impact of the Asia Crisis.
How the Asia Crisis in 1997 changed the face of the Asia economies and the dynamic between them to date.

3.The Impact of the Global Economic downturn on the economy of East Asia.
The 2008 global downturn and what it did to East Asia economically and how it changed the China dynamic.

4.Security in the region, the rise of China vs American power in the Pacific.
China is building a navy in an ocean the US has had to itself, pretty much, since the end of WWI. What happens next in the power-play?

5.The South China Sea dispute.
Tensions are running high over the disputed islands in the East China Sea and South China Sea. How will all this play out.

6.Sell China – right or wrong?
China bears will not go away, will they ever be right? The debt mountain.

7.China’s influence on the region.
With China set to be the world’s largest economy in less than 20 years’ time what will the region look like in 2030?

8.The Arab Spring and the impact on global geopolitics.
Israel, the Arab Spring and the current situation with the warring factions in the Middle East and the west’s response to it. The Sunni-Shia divide and the impact of all of this on the Asia region.

9.The Middle East and Oil.
Energy is the driver for growth. A look at how energy, or lack of it, and the cost of energy affects the East Asia and Asia region. How is the Middle East post the Arab Spring affecting global geopolitics?

10.North Korea.
Some views on North Korea from many visits there. Is it relevant to the region in terms of security? Should China or South Korea be worried?

11.China – India.
With China playing a major role in south-south trade in Asia, what is the role of India and how do the Chinese and Indian economies differ.

12.The Tigers awake.
How do the resurgent Tiger economies affect the balance of economic and political power in Asia as the finally shake off the effects of the Asia Crises of ‘97

13.The politics of Asia.
Politics in changing in Asia with governments in Singapore, Taipei and Thailand in a flux of change. China too is changing but much more slowly.


14.Sustainability in Asia and the global macroeconomic backdrop.
Are economic and political changes and gains short or long term? What is sustainable and what is not.

15.Japan’s mistakes are China’s lessons.
The economic mistakes made by Japan in the 1980s are not being repeated by China.