Category: Southeast Asia
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Regulated Bodies: Sex Trafficking and Sex Work in Thailand
Keywords: Sex Worker, Sex Trafficking, Precarious, Raids, Collusion Introduction Thailand is renowned as one of…
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COVID-19: A Crisis of Chinese Clientelism in Cambodia and Laos
While states have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to differing extents, a closer examination…
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Event Report: Securitizing COVID-19 in the Philippines
How does the state transform the COVID-19 pandemic into a security threat? On November 23,…
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Event Report: Race and Singapore Short Cinema
On October 22, the Jackman Humanities Institute and the UTM Collaborative Digital Research Space at…
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PB IN PH: Using Participatory Budgeting to Promote Proper Use of Public Funds in the Philippines
Abstract: Corruption and graft have run rampant throughout the Philippines for decades; limiting the nation’s…
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Rhetoric: A Necessary Strategy in Debating the Ratification of the SOGIE Equality Bill
Abstract: The SOGIE Equality Bill is a notable piece of legislation in advancing the rights of…
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Withdrawing from the VFA can make the Philippines Vulnerable
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author.…
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Event Report: Empires of Vice: The Rise of Opium Prohibition Across Southeast Asia
On February 26, the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies hosted Dr. Diana Kim, Assistant Professor…
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The Challenge of International Accountability in Mass Atrocities: Myanmar and the ICJ
Abstract Following the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya people by the state of Myanmar,…
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Event Report: Democracy in Myanmar – What to Watch for in 2020
On February 6th, the Synergy Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies and the Contemporary Asian Studies…
