Sigur Center for Asian Studies GWU
Sigur Center for Asian Studies GWU
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies is a university research institute and the academic home of the Asian Studies Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. We strive to increase the quality and broaden the scope of scholarly research and publication on Asia; promote US-Asian scholarly interaction; and educate a new generation of students, scholars, analysts, and policymakers.
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If the CCP pressures the Singapore government for political gains, we should ensure all Singaporeans are informed so that we can publicly condemn the CCP.
The US is hierarchical too with the requirements for statehood that the majority of the citizens are whites and English is the primary language. That's how Hawaii was made a state while Puerto Rico and Guam are not yet
He made a few good points and some terrible ones. I hope the audience don't take him as representative of Singapore's views.
He knocks China at every turn😢 Obama's pivot to contain China has made China protective of its interests. It is the US that takes actions against Chinese interests and China retaliates in half measures. Such as US sanctions and withhold technology coercing others to follow including having Canada detaining the daughter of Huawei founder for nearly 3 years before giving up
This guy makes more sense than that kishore moron!!
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If really the fear is about China attacking Taiwan, that can easily be dealt with through diplomacy. Peace is what China and Taiwan want badly. Arming Taiwan and preparing for it to be independence is counter-productive. Congress inserting the provision to recognise Taiwan as an 'independent entity' in the 2022 Competes Act also belies the US's intention.
Taiwan is stated in the UN Charters documents as a part / province of China. Does UN international laws count?
I assume Bilahari has been invited due in no small measure to his well known sinophobic view of China. Elsewhere, he still speaks of China's BRI as a debt trap when Bloomberg has already proclaimed it as a debunked myth. His assertion that China is converting minorities into Han is another. His off the cuff Q&A session is unnecessarily dismissive of Indonesia (in certain comments), Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia and Asean, not because he is brutally accurate but cynically unfounded. Is it surprising that, even by his own admission, he is now out of the government on pension? But this lecture is one of Bilahari's better ones. He reminds Americans that neutrality to SE Asian nations mean the ability to choose action selectively based on national interests. To be coerced to take side may be counter-productive. He has also made many other good points. It's not China that is militarising SCS but the US by adding more Philippines bases to the hundreds encircling China. As Bikahari pointed out, this region, across the Pacific Ocean, is not an existential threat to the US. But it is to China, surrounded by US military bases and threats of blockade of China's trade routes to the world. It would be great if US could take on a more diplomatic role in resolving conflicts with China. It's more urgent now than ever for US and China to cooperate rather than engage in a dangerous binary struggle. A strong US and strong China together is better for all.
You are probably an admirer of Kishore.. 😂
He is vastly influenced by both M6 & Cia 😅 while he clearly is very anti.china and think nothing about anyone in asia as global leadership 😢 His personal views are very arrogant and self centred compare to George Yeo and kishore 😂😂😂
@@Will.i.am55555 GY and Kishore are pro China (nothing wrong, by the way). Whereas Bilahari's views are more independent and unbiased..
US mil bases hv there for decades oready even the phil ones.. the commies hv militerized SCS? hv u been living in the rocks somewhere last decade or so?
@@Will.i.am55555But in this forum, he didn’t say too much anti-China topics. He adjusted his speech according to different audiences. I think this is his best speech in the recent years. A lot of other China experts are too obviously anti-China or pro-China. He, in this speech, is more fact-based.
Bilhari keeps the Singapore flag flying. All credit to him and the country. Majulah Singapura
He is more vocal against China. Remember, Asean countries are major trading partners of China.
I'm not too sure about that with his trademark China bashing, and his dismissive remarks about Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia.
One should see that Europe is an object to hurl at Russia. So what use could ASEAN be?
Asean lim kopi session only.
Great lecture.
I do agree that Singapore is the brain of ASEAN because of our ability to use agencies.
Not really. Vietnam is the best.
Singapore is not to be trusted, a CCP spokesperson and plant in ASEAN.
LOL US Propaganda! Leave China alone Db's! Stay out of China's internal affairs!
I really wanna play the game Sekigahara with them
Thanks Sigur Center for organizing this
Most Americans don't know anything about South-East Asia nor do they have any interest in it. A lot of Western focus on East Asia while at the same time overlooked S.E.A in the process.
When she says China is slowly opening up to religion is she refering to the Muslim Uyghurs or Falongong practitioners?
She is Bised with American classical realisim policy of selfish self interest....
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How can these Professors be requested to cover the book, "Paekche's Principle - The Great Secret Of Asia" By Bayemy Biyick to explain Japanese behaviour in the Peninsula...?
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IMHO we are just seeing the deepening of democracy. The highly educated (deracinated?) Elite have lost the power to influence the masses. The masses have a new pied piper or maybe pied pipers. These are people like Modi from the masses who are not afraid to voice a reality that the masses are able to relate to.
Pratap Bhanu ji yeh desh aap ki nehi hai , Aap ka desh CHAINA , NORTH KOREA , ushi desh me chala jayiye aur hum logo ko baksh dijiye.
Aap log jaise Creature hamari Desh me nehi raheng to hamari Desh ko vala hoga. Aap log jaiye America ,Britain me ,un logo ki chamcha giri kor ke do char award lijiye aur ohi rahe jayiye.
It would really be hard and difficult for even the supporters to put the jinn back in the bottle
Indian Labour Corps astreetnearyou.org/regiment/1138/Indian-Labour-Corps
As someone who has worked around the world these people are just idealogs who have zero knowledge of ground reality and lack critical thinking, these are puppets who are paid by American universities to build a certain narrative. Intellectual Garbage.
Those commenting about unity of Bharat and the whole anti national brigade leftist agenda, your prejudices lives because of India s liberal values. Atleast there is a space of discussion because of these liberal values that you mock In the direction we re moving , one by one everyone who is not the norm will be silenced. First it may be the Muslims who knows what next .. Hindi in South India , lower caste discrimination Let this moment be evidence on the side you all stood on while it all starts to crumble.
I just start following him just recently and just fall in love with his analysis of the current state of mind of Indian politics . I think very few people can think out of the box . Mr. Mehta you are clearly see the picture of future India which is becoming an authoritarian Government which is going against its own constitution which should have consider a punishable crime in the court . But the court by itself had become a puppet . Being a Hindu and you see creating a government on the base of religion is not right for any modern country .
Superb as usual, hard hitting but can the janta or the bhakts the new civil society understand?
If PBM had a positive view for the country instead of a negative view of RSS/BJP he might be more useful to the country.
So long as India was ruled by moguls, British, French, half Italians, the so called intellectual had no problem. When corrupt ruled India no problems. when Hindus were suppressed for 1000 years, no questions were asked. But when an ordinary " Hinduian' rules India that too elected democratically, these gentleman have all uneasiness. Indian democracy, according to this gentleman should be as defined by him and his paid masters. First of all his views are coloured and confused. Pseudo intellectual getting unnecessary publicity. Lot of verbosity and beating around the bush to support his convoluted views. How such a confused man was kept as VC by Ashoka University for so long is flabbergasting. Honestly, tell me whether any of his views are direct, forthright and decipherable. His problem is simply the BJP and not anything else. If Rahul Gandhi becomes PM, all his problems with democracy shall be solved through dynasty. Waste of time.
Reasnal unrest on number's of issues conflicting with north suppressing attitude is eminent, later or sooner.
Brilliant analysis from Prof Mehta. We can see the pain of Andhbhakts in the responses. Will have to see how the poor are going to vote as the Covid economic impact becomes evident in few quarters!
Couldn’t agree more!
He is the Imam of the old regime!
Deepa please some fur diligence on the narrative promoted by the western media, I too have a PhD from American University and am disappointed at theAristotelian Doxa in the west that passes as the truth
He now equates jihad with Indic civilization . I would like to know if you know anything about Indic epistemology
Best of luck Deepa I think you were at American University when I was a student there. , maybe it was a different Deepa Ollapally
This joker abstains from the material conditions. Ask him when was the Indic press allowed freedom . There is now South Asia it is greater India
What a self-serving interpretation and analysis of socio-political issues.........Lage raho Mehta ji......You have already crossed the point of no return .......
Deepa what makes him that intellectual, why not Rajiv MALHOTRA.
Brilliant project
I think India is doing well and making huge strides in breaking the shakles of communal politics and reclaiming it's hugely neglected heritage.Liberals are too static with tunnel vision to see this. Perhaps decades of colonial mindset has stunted their ability to see this. Past was largely occupied with dividing Indians on caste and communal votebanks. The majority community was the main victim. Nothing democratic about it.
Outstanding 👌 conversations
Modi has issues but he is a doer ...he has a vision some will subscribe to it far better than a pm who says minorities have the 1st right to resources in the country ...these princeton returned asses cannot even write 2 lines in hindi and they want to be heard
What surprises me is that these jokers talk about decentralisation etc...what has it got the nation ..as of today india is still a poor country ..40 % poor ..these nitwits can sit on their fat arses and extol virtues of a utipian system that has given nothing but road blocks to india..these were to be broken long back ..and these idiots were the ones resisting
Prof. Radhika Singha's work is path breaking; she has covered the Indian non-combatants of the Great War in depth as none have ever.
Happy to learn this context. By the way, I am one of students studying international relationships and strategy. If you send this articles or presentation files, can I get it? I will only use it for academic reasons : reading and reference. Here is my e-mail : [email protected]