China, India, Southeast Asia: Asia’s high-octane economies, though impacted by the global recession, are on a long-term trajectory to expand their influence. Their energy and determination are challenging the economic supremacy of the United States not only in the region but wherever key natural resources are in play. China alone holds the commanding share of U.S. debt in a complex relationship that yokes the two economic titans together in a tense, unpredictable partnership. President Obama says the U.S.-Chinese dynamic is "as important as any bilateral relationship in the world." Is it a zero sum game where either they or “we” prevail or can it be reframed as a quest for shared prosperity? Protectionism and xenophobia threaten to derail the relationship to the detriment of both. How can American foreign and economic policies avoid such mutually destructive outcomes and instead encourage a healthier mix of competition and cooperation?
This program was funded by The Ford Foundation.
Saket Soni, Director, New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice
Colin Rajah, Program Director, International Migrant Rights and Global Justice Program, National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
Samina Ahmed, Director, South Asia Project, International Crisis Group
Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director, Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
(Click on a guest's name to listen to their full unedited interview.)
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Credits Narrator: Gabriela Castelan
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Field Engineers: Steven Short, Glen Goldman, David Kunian
Music in this Program:
“Shanti” – Jean-Pierre Garattoni – Edition Incontro; “A United Earth I” - Alan Stivell and Youssou N’Dour - Putumayo World Music; “Blue Requiem” – Blue Asia – World Music Network; “Silver Dew” - Orellana - Bar De Lune; “Aadat” - Atif – World Music Network.
Duration: 55:00 minutes
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