Inalco and Asialyst debate cycles

Inalco and Asialyst, the Asian news website, offer a series of debates on current issues in Asia. These debates are also available as podcasts.

The last conferences of the 2023 edition

Prime Miinister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin meeting on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. 1 June 2017
Prime Miinister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin meeting on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. © Presidential Press and Information Office‎

L'Inde, des BRICS au G20 : quelle diplomatie pour quelle montée en puissance?

Conference on October 10, with :

  • Jean-Luc Racine, emeritus director of research at CNRS (Centre d'études sud-asiatiques et himalayennes, CEASH-EHESS) and senior researcher at Asia Centre
  • Isabelle Saint-Mézard, university professor at the Institut Français de Géopolitique, Université Paris 8 and associate researcher at IFRI. Author of Géopolitique de l'Indo-Pacifique, PUF, 2022.
  • Jean-François Huchet, President of Inalco

Moderated by Patrick de Jacquelot, journalist at Asialyst and former Échos correspondent in India.

The protests on August 16, 2020 in a large demonstration organized under the Free Youth umbrella (Thai: เยาวชนปลดแอก; RTGS: yaowachon plot aek) at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok.
The protests on August 16, 2020 in a large demonstration organized under the Free Youth umbrella (Thai: เยาวชนปลดแอก; RTGS: yaowachon plot aek) at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok. © Supanut Arunoprayote. ‎

Thailand, Cambodia, Burma: democracy eternally gagged?

Conference on May 31, with:

  • Sophie Brondel, coordinator of the Info Birmanie association.
  • Arnaud Leveau, member of the Asia Centre steering committee, former deputy director of the Institute for Research on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC) in Bangkok.
  • Juliette Buchez, journalist and correspondent for RFI and TV5 Monde in Phnom Penh.

Moderated by Cyrielle Cabot, journalist at Asialyst and France 24.

TikTok
TikTok © pixahive‎

TikTok: vrai danger ou cabale occidentale contre Pékin?

Conference on April 19, with the presence of:

  • Alain Wang, sinologist, teacher at École Centrale and former editor-in-chief of Asia Magazine
  • Bernard Benhamou, secretary general of the Institut de la Souveraineté Numérique, expert on the Internet and its governance (he founded the Proxima Mobile portal, Europe's leading mobile services portal for citizens)
  • Rayna Stamboliyska, specialist in uncertainty management and digital diplomacy, author of La face cachée d'Internet

Moderated by Baptiste Fallevoz : journalist with Asialyst and France 24. Former correspondent in China.