Category: Southeast Asia
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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…
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Authoritarianism, Buddhism, and the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar: A Critical Inquiry
Abstract: This paper investigates whether Myanmar’s consecutive authoritarian governments and Buddhist monastic community maintain an unacknowledged…
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Event Report: Street Food in Bangkok and Hanoi: Conflicts Over the Use of the Urban Space
“Street Food in Bangkok and Hanoi: Conflicts Over the Use of the Urban Space,” an…
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Event Report: Colonial Secularism, Buddhism and the Continuing Violence of Burmese Women’s ‘Freedom’
On February 12th, 2019, the Centre for Southeast Asia Studies hosted an academic seminar with…
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Poor Prospects for Democracy in Malaysia
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author.…
