Event Reports
East Asia
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How the Second Most Populous Country Cannot Afford Childrearing: Behind China’s Fertility Crisis
April 18, 2024In 2023, China’s population shrank by 2.08 million.[1] The reason was unambiguous: its total fertility rate is approaching 1 child per woman,[2] whereas 2.1 children per woman are needed to maintain a stable population.[3] For [...] -
Leaving “Examination Hell”: Re-Thinking East Asia’s Exam-Oriented Model of Opportunity
April 18, 2024 -
Myths and misperceptions: Reviewing the news reports and analyses on Taiwan’s 2024 elections
April 17, 2024 -
Book Talk: The Sentinel State: Surveillance & the Survival of Dictatorship of China
April 16, 2024 -
The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Presence in Southeast Asia
April 16, 2024
South Asia
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Becoming Human: Illicit Desire and Licit Caste
April 24, 2024On April 5, 2024, the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy hosted a lecture entitled ‘Becoming Human: Illicit Desire and Licit Caste.’ Sponsored by the Centre for South Asian Studies at the Asian [...] -
Blasphemy Politics in Pakistan: The Role of Violence in State-Making
March 12, 2023 -
April 28, 2022
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Guerrilla Movements in State Building: A Comparison of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
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Valley of Attrition: Why China Wants a Free Kashmir
March 9, 2022
Southeast Asia
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Populist to pengabdi: What will Subianto’s Foreign Policy look like?
April 18, 2024On February 14, 2024, Prabowo Subianto was elected the 8th President of Indonesia following his role as Defence Minister in 2019. He is assuming the leadership of the largest economy in Southeast Asia at a [...] -
The Grey Age: Singapore’s Demographic Disaster In The Making
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Myanmar Junta Snub: Rethinking the “Asean Way”
March 15, 2022 -
Event Report: Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia
March 9, 2022