By The Straits Times | Created at 2026-10-09 10:02:08 | Updated at 2026-10-09 10:45:01
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Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, The Straits Times’ senior columnist Ravi Velloor distils 45 years of experience covering the Asian continent, with expert guests.
In this episode, he speaks with not one but two experts on geopolitics – Prof Tomohiko Taniguchi, former foreign policy adviser to the Shinzo Abe Cabinet in Japan, and Dr Sanjaya Baru, geoeconomist and media adviser to the late Indian PM Manmohan Singh on what their respective countries make of the spectacular welcome President Donald Trump gave President Xi Jinping in the Xi-Trump summit that took place in Washington DC, from September 23 to 25.
They also discuss the evolving nature of Japan and India’s bilateral relationships with the US, including talk of ‘derisking’ from Washington.
Highlights (click/tap above)
1:30 Was the carpet ‘red’ enough?
5:30 Key takeaways from the summit
9:30 Is Xi bending Trump’s ear on Asia?
14:00 ‘De-risking’ from the US is on
18:40 Free and open Indo-Pacific, Quad
22:30 Middle East conundrum
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Host: Ravi Velloor ([email protected])
Produced and edited by: Fa’izah Sani & Amirul Karim
Executive producer: Ernest Luis
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