The cataclysm of India’s Partition left caustic wounds that would inform and shape the patterns of international relations in the region for decades after formal independence had been achieved. The situational difficulties of India between […]
Abstract: This paper argues that since 1970, Canadian relations with the People’s Republic of China has been on a trajectory of increasing political and economic significance, and that this trend is evident in three of the most […]
Abstract: The SOGIE Equality Bill is a notable piece of legislation in advancing the rights of the LGBT+ community in the Philippines, seeking to ban all discrimination on the grounds of sexual identity, gender identity, and […]
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. On 11 February […]
Abstract: After Japan’s surrender in World War II, its political system faced many changes. With the help of the United States, Japan rewrote their Constitution, changing the way the Prime Minister was selected and voting eligibility […]
On March 4, 2020, the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted a panel presentation entitled “Japan: Leader in Climate Change?” on the topic of Japan’s contemporary climate change policy challenges and possible solutions. This event […]
Abstract: Since 2014, Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party have increasingly become defined by the Hindutva ideologies they champion. The association deepened in 2019 after Modi utilised his historic mandate to undermine some of the […]
Abstract Following the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya people by the state of Myanmar, what international justice mechanisms are global states trying to pursue in order to hold state actors and Burmese military accountable? […]
On January 24, 2020, the Munk School of Global Affairs invited Dr. Ching Kwan Lee, a Dr. Chung Sze-yuen Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Professor of […]
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. Over the […]
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