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The podcast of La Trobe Asia which takes a critical look at the key issues facing Asia's states and societies.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe podcast of La Trobe Asia which takes a critical look at the key issues facing Asia's states and societies.
Asia Rising is hosted by La Trobe Asia. The show has published 399 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Interview: Press Freedom in the Philippines" (30 October 2026, 22 minutes), "Tibet and Identity" (13 October 2026, 25 minutes), and "On the Frontlines of the South China Sea" (6 October 2026, 61 minutes).
Asia Rising publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 399 episodes.
Booking probability for Asia Rising is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Asia Rising requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Asia Rising's contact route on record: verified email.
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La Trobe Asia hosts Asia Rising, a news podcast with 399 episodes published.
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The South China Sea disputes play out both at sea and in the stories people hear about them. Journalists face the challenge of handling sensitive (and most often restricted) information, navigating competing political...
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China’s new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress is presented by Beijing as a policy of development and equality. For Tibetans, it represents something very different. In this episode, , joins host Dr Ruth Gamble...
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The waters of the South China Sea - including areas the Philippines refers to as the West Philippine Sea - are at the centre of some of the Indo-Pacific’s most important maritime disputes. These waters bring together...
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Few diplomatic careers span Moscow during the invasion of Ukraine, the remote islands of the Pacific, and Canberra. Germany's Ambassador to Australia, Beate Grzeski, has lived all three - and the thread connecting them...
Few events in recent history have generated as much confusion, controversy, and misinformation as the COVID-19 pandemic. Five years on, the origins of COVID remain contested, and the lessons of how that debate played...
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The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is fast becoming one of the world's most contested global commons. Home to critical sea lanes, energy and trade corridors, and a growing contest for influence among major and middle powers...
Security policy has traditionally been built around the state: its borders, its military capability, its ability to deter external threats. Gender-based violence rarely features, despite being one of the most persistent...
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China is ageing faster than almost any other country in history. Decades of the one-child policy, rising life expectancy, and rapid urbanisation have produced a demographic shift of enormous scale — and with it, a...
For Pacific Island communities, climate change is not a future threat, but a present reality. Intensifying El Niño events, displacement, and compounding security challenges are reshaping the region, even as global...
Southeast Asia is one of the fastest-growing digital regions in the world, with an economy projected to exceed $300 billion in gross merchandise value and over 200 million internet users. But that digital growth is...
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"The seabed is becoming a battlefield," Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles warned at the Shangri-La Dialogue in May, and "we have been slow – collectively slow – to recognise [submarine cables] as...
South Asian cinema shapes how millions of people around the world encounter the region’s cultures, languages, and identities. For many, film provides a gateway to South Asian languages and literature, and to cultural...
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From digital regulation and political pressure to economic influence and self-censorship, media freedom in Asia is being shaped by a range of subtle and evolving constraints. Rather than outright bans on reporting, many...
Almost every email you send, every video you stream, and every financial transaction you make travels not through satellites, but through a vast network of cables lying on the ocean floor. Submarine cables are the...
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The AUKUS agreement between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom is set to reshape Australia's military and strategic future through the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines. But the implications of...
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The United States has, over recent years, significantly deepened its engagement with Pacific Island nations — reopening embassies, renewing funding compacts, and positioning itself as a committed partner in a region of...
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An escalating crisis faces the Uyghur in China. The newly enacted Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress legalises forced assimilation, erases linguistic rights, and expands state surveillance. It provides a...
Over the past decade, China has launched a remarkable number of multilateral initiatives — from the Belt and Road to BRICS to a suite of so-called Global Initiatives covering development, security, and civilisation...
In an increasingly contested global environment, the international community faces growing pressure to respond to current and emerging wars and instability across the full conflict spectrum: from prevention, to managing...
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research scholar at the Center in International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University
Senior Adviser for Defence Strategy, United States Studies Centre; Professor of Strategic Studies, Australian National University, UWA Defence and Security Program
Deputy Director (Strategic Planning and Coordination), Integrated Center for Women's Health, International Organization for Stopping Exploitation of Women
Managing Director – Technology, Transformation and CIO practices, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
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