Series 3, Episode 2 features two guests, Celine Borter and Simon Meuli. In this episode they speak with members of Yonsei University’s NOVAsia team about their home country, Switzerland. This podcast focuses on the unique history of neutrality Switzerland is associated with and their global presence. Both guests also explore some of the democratic system of Switzerland, and the number of votes the citizens can partake in.
Guests: Celine Borter, Simon Meuli
NOVAsia Team: Matthew Fleming, Leslie Hickman
Producer/ Main Editor: Matthew Fleming
Assistant Editor: Sara Upshur
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Website: https://novasiagsis.com/
NOVAsia is a student run magazine by students at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies.
[Former Senior Writer for NOVAisa]
Fleming holds a Master’s Degree in Global Affairs and Policy from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, where he specialized in dual research areas: International Security and Foreign Policy, and International Law and Organizations.
During his studies at Yonsei University, Fleming was selected to receive funding to pursue a second master's degree at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, serving as a dual-degree representative between Yonsei University and Keio University. The culmination of this academic endeavor was the successful defense of his thesis, titled “U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateralism from Obama to Biden: Expanding on Theoretical Norms of Understanding Through Aspects of Building Trilateralism and U.S. Involvement in Japan-Korea Conflict Issues.” This achievement earned him a Master’s Degree in Media and Governance from Keio University, specializing in Global Governance and Regional Strategy.
Fleming possesses a background in mechanical and substantive copyediting, academic research, and editorial writing. He has interned at distinguished institutions, including the East Asia Institute—a prominent think tank based in Seoul—as well as the academic journals managed by the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies: the North Korean Review (NKR) and the Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies (JTMS).
His research interests include the evolving U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral relationship, democracy and human rights movements across the Asia-Pacific region, and the growing prioritization of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific within U.S. Foreign Policy.
