Jan. 8, 2022
This week, we examine Asia’s evolving electoral landscape and list the crucial political battles that are coming up this year, with a deep dive into the upcoming election in the Philippines. And we appraise the mood in Washington one year after the January 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol and ten months before the midterm elections.
Joining us this episode is renowned journalist and Columbia University Professor Sheila Coronel, as well as our own Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack Stone Truitt.
Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat S. Khan, our digital editor in New York City, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart and Jack Stone Truitt.
Our theme music is “What’s the Angle?” by Shane Ivers.
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Mentioned in this episode:
-Nikkei Asia guide to a busy election year
-Nikkei Asia’s 2022 Philippine elections coverage
-On Jan. 6, Biden vows to save democracy from ‘dagger’ at its throat, by Jack Stone Truitt