Vasuki Shastry, Associate Fellow in the Asia Pacific program of Chatham House, joins Kopi Time to discuss his book on the complexities and challenges of Asia. We go over Asia’s inner tensions and bifurcations, and the headwinds coming from aging, deglobalisation, technology disruption, poor leadership, middle income trap, inequality, climate change, gender, internal insurgencies, fragile geopolitics, and oligarchy. Vasuki is not a pessimist, but is keen to bring in realism in discussions about the region’s future. He wants the notion of Asia’s unrelenting rise to be eschewed, as it does a disservice to recognising the formidable challenges that lie ahead.

<p>Vasuki Shastry, Associate Fellow in the Asia Pacific program of Chatham House, joins Kopi Time to discuss his book on the complexities and challenges of Asia. We go over Asia&rsquo;s inner tensions and bifurcations, and the headwinds coming from&nbsp;aging, deglobalisation, technology&nbsp;disruption, poor leadership, middle income trap, inequality, climate change, gender, internal insurgencies, fragile geopolitics, and oligarchy.&nbsp;Vasuki is not a pessimist, but is keen to bring in realism in&nbsp;discussions about the&nbsp;region&rsquo;s future. He wants the notion of Asia&rsquo;s unrelenting rise to be eschewed, as it does a&nbsp;disservice to recognising the formidable&nbsp;challenges that lie ahead.</p>

Kopi time is a podcast series on insights from markets and economies around the world, hosted by Taimur Baig, Ph.D., Chief Economist of DBS Bank Ltd.

<p>Kopi time is a podcast series on insights from markets and economies around the world, hosted by Taimur Baig, Ph.D., Chief Economist of DBS Bank Ltd.</p>

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Kopi Time E051: Vasuki Shastry on “Has Asia Lost It?”

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