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Dr Jemilah Mahmood

· 39 min · S1 E17

Episode Dr Jemilah Mahmood

0:00 39:04

Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health. She’s also had an extensive career in crisis management, which includes time at the United Nations and as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Jamie and Jemilah discussed crises in southeast Asia and the responses to those crises. He asked her about the situation in Myanmar, and she gave her opinion on the ASEAN response to that humanitarian crisis. Jemilah provided her perspective on the non-interference framework of ASEAN which has been criticized by some. Other topics of conversation include China’s influence and relationship with ASEAN, and the impact climate change is having in that part of the world. She was critical of the global response to climate challenges and emphasized that more needs to be done there.

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