Welcome to “New Southbound Warm Power Up”! This podcast is curated by Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF) and produced by Heartwave.
What does TAEF do? We are dedicated to advancing the New Southbound Policy, fostering friendly relationships with Southeast Asian societies through “soft power” and “warm power” in areas such as cultures and arts, academic think tanks, youth leadership, regional resilience, and civil society. After years of effort, we are thrilled to present the first season of our podcast, which consists of six episodes and seven short segments. Hope you have a wonderful listening experience!
Since the founding of the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), it has fostered close ties with numerous domestic and foreign scholars through events such as the Yushan Forum and other fora, events, and programs. When foreign scholars come to Taiwan, they bring a piece of their home country with them, and upon return, they take a bit of Taiwan back. Similarly, when Taiwanese scholars venture abroad, they showcase Taiwan on the world stage and introduce the world to its culture and richness. These grassroot connections significantly deepen exchanges and mutual understanding.
In this episode, we are privileged to host two special guests to delve into this topic further. Dr. Sana Hashmi, a young scholar from India, currently on a postdoctoral fellowship at TAEF will offer her insights on Taiwan-India relations, the New Southbound Policy, and her perspective on Taiwan as a whole given she has been living in Taiwan for over four years now and calls Taiwan her home. Additionally, Roger Liu, a Taiwanese scholar, has been teaching in India for over eight years. He will share how his experiences in India have shaped his approach to fostering exchanges between Taiwan and India, as well as ways to strengthen ties between the two countries. The two scholars we have the privilege of hosting today are solid examples of how exchanges and mutual understanding can promote relations. Welcome to the TAEF podcast, Dr. Hashmi and Dr. Liu.
Guest: Dr. Sana Hashmi
Dr. Sana Hashmi is currently a postdoctoral fellow at TAEF, a fellow at George H. W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations. Concurrently, she is affiliated with Taiwan’s NextGen Foundation and Japan’s Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Studies. In 2020, she was Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellow at National Chengchi University’s Institute of International Relations. Prior to coming to Taiwan, she served as a consultant with India’s Ministry of External Affairs from 2016-19. At the MEA, she was a desk officer for Singapore and her research was on China’s influence in Southeast Asia. From 2011-16, she was an associate fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, an autonomous think tank under the Indian Air Force. In 2017, she was named the United Kingdom’s next-gen foreign and security policy scholar.She holds an MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her areas of specialization are China and Taiwan’s foreign policies, the New Southbound Policy, Taiwan-India relations, China’s territorial disputes, Indo-Pacific, and Asian security issues.
Guest: Dr. Roger Liu
Born and raised in Taiwan and a naturalized US citizen, Dr. Liu has spent over eight years in India. He earned his PhD in political science from the University of South Carolina. He is currently the chief executive officer of the Research Institute for Democracy and Society and Emerging Technology (DSET), National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Dr. Liu has served as an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences at FLAME University in Pune, India, as well as the founding chair of the Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies (CSSAS), with which he builds cultural and academic bridges and connections between India and Taiwan. Before going to India, Dr. Liu was a middle school teacher in the greater Boston area, dedicated to teaching Mandarin and culture in the US.
Host: Cherri
Cherri was born and raised in Hong Kong. Having earned her Bachelor’s degree in Translation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she is now studying Chinese-English Conference Interpreting at National Taiwan University’s Graduate Program for Translation and Interpreting.
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