Yah Lah But

Prof Joseph Liow, Dean of the LKY School & Chairman of the Middle East Institute at NUS, on why Iran's nationalism makes US regime change impossible, why the Strait of Malacca is Singapore's next geopolitical flashpoint, and what international law cannot protect small states from.
Check him out at: https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/faculty/joseph-liow-chin-yong

๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ
๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต? ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.
๐˜๐˜ช, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ! ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ'๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต.
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง'๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐˜œ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‘๐™€๐™ˆ๐™๐™ˆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ 10% ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง. ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ 30 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ 10 ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ.
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(00:00) Folklory Mother's Day Promo
(01:19) Welcome And Today's Topic: The Middle East
(02:15) A Busy Schedule When Conflict Erupts
(03:47) From Journalism To International Politics
(05:49) Why Cultural Lenses Shape Geopolitics
(08:56) Why Singapore Must Watch The World
(10:27) Was Trump Caught Off Guard By Hormuz?
(12:44) Power, Strategy And Universal Truths
(15:31) Iranian Nationalism And Why Regime Change Is Unlikely
(21:47) Has Iran Won A Feather In Its Cap?
(24:09) Why The Gulf States Want The Job Finished
(26:51) Why China Stays A Bystander
(31:18) Trump's Unpredictability Towards Allies And Rivals
(34:04) Semiconductors And China's Self-Sufficiency Play
(38:22) International Law In A World Of Power
(41:08) The Ebb And Flow Of Superpower Rivalry
(44:22) US Military Vs China's Untested Forces
(45:31) The Strait Of Malacca Heats Up
(47:21) Indonesia's Archipelagic Doctrine Explained
(52:44) Why Vivian Balakrishnan's "Copy Homework" Line Mattered
(55:06) Is The US Really In Decline?
(58:12) A Brain Drain From The Lab On The Hill
(1:02:00) Is A Multipolar World Better?
(1:05:01) Why China Struggles In Southeast Asia
(1:09:44) One Shiok Thing
(1:16:49) Post-Interview Reflection

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