With maritime security and digitalisation becoming critical global priorities, Estonia is bringing its expertise in maritime innovation, cybersecurity, and infrastructure protection to Singapore Maritime Week 2025.

This week, Elliott Danker speaks with Kaupo Läänerand, Deputy Secretary General for Maritime and Water Affairs at the Estonian Ministry of Climate to find out more about Estonia’s expertise in AI-driven maritime surveillance, port digitalisation, and cybersecurity offers valuable insights for Singapore’s shipping and logistics sectors.

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This week, we touch on the role of Southeast Asia and ASEAN when it comes to the relationship with the west

What is Malaysia's appeal to the Trump administration as well as ASEAN.

Plus, how does a country like Malaysia prioritize when it comes to builateral relationships? Does it put itself first, ASEAN or the West? And is this something other countries will be thinking of?

Director, Thomas Daniel, Director, Foreign Policy and Security Studies, Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia joins us for this Asia Collective podcast series

Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen recently said that “America’s primacy has become the overriding consideration” in its foreign policy, at the expense of bilateral and multilateral ties.

He added that Asia’s image of the US has “changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent.

So if the US is a landlord seeking rent, how should south east Asia rethink defense? And what does this spell for the counter terrorism landscape?

Nicholas Fang, Managing Director, Black Dot and Director for Security and Global Affairs, Singapore Institute of International Affairs joins us this week to discuss these and more.

Since the pandemic, it feels like the world doesn’t want to follow the US lead. How carefully will it be observing the US intervention in the Russia /Ukraine war?

Is there a world leader position up for grabs now or is this the great global de-globalisation?

In this episode, we discuss these as well as the implications of the increasing global dialog with or without the US in attendance.

Dr Samir Puri, Director, Centre for Global Governance and Security, Chatham House | Author of ‘Westlessness: The Great Global Rebalancing’ is our guest this week.

Season 2 of AsiaPulse opens with a look at Geopolitics

This week, US President Donald Trump and Russia President Vladimir Putin agreed on a halt in Russian attacks against Ukrainian energy targets - but fell far short of securing a full ceasefire in a highly anticipated phone call.

But it felt like Trump lacked a contingency plan and with Putin not barging on his long standing demands, how carefully must Trump now weigh his options ahead of their next meeting?

Plus, we discuss which countries will now be paying attention to what looks like a dramatically waning influence of the United States?

Trisha Craig, Executive Director, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies weighs in on this week's top story.

AI and GenAI investments in Asia-Pacific are expected to reach $110 billion by 2028, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 24% from 2023 to 2028.

This means big changes for the workplace – from how leaders need to lead to the redefinition of jobs.

So, how can we work with AI as our co-pilot?

This week Elliott Danker speaks with Lem Chin Kok, CEO of technology company AiRTS and Yeo Chuen Chuen, Global executive coach and author of "Leaders People Love" in a 2 part series finale on the future of leadership

In part 2, we discuss the future of careers and how AI will affect hiring criteria.

This podcast is in collaboration with M Group Asia

AI and GenAI investments in Asia-Pacific are expected to reach $110 billion by 2028, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 24% from 2023 to 2028.

This means big changes for the workplace – from how leaders need to lead to the redefinition of jobs.

So, how can we work with AI as our co-pilot?

This week Elliott Danker speaks with Lem Chin Kok, CEO of technology company AiRTS and Yeo Chuen Chuen, Global executive coach and author of "Leaders People Love" in a 2 part series finale on the future of leadership

In part 1, we discuss how is South East Asia faring when it comes to redefining jobs and if we still live in a world of domain-specific expertise

This podcast is in collaboration with M Group Asia

The move from compliance to AI Governance training is something we are seeing especially when it comes to data professionals.

But why is this so important and how does this factor in the Singapore National AI Strategy 2.0

Alvin Toh, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Straits Interactive joins us this week to discuss this and more.

Straits Interactive is the leading authority in data protection and privacy in the ASEAN region, offering innovative privacy solutions and training courses for companies globally.

We also talk about Straits Interactive's new IAPP training scheme and why this will help businesses in Singapore and the region?