Why NIE Fails: Institutional Persistence and Development Dilemmas in Middle-income Countries
Dr Veerayooth Kanchoochat...
Forthcoming Seminars: Why NIE Fails: Institutional Persistence and Development Dilemmas in Middle-income Countries
Nov 25, 2014
Nov 24, 2014
Forthcoming Seminars: In the Shadow of the King: Rural Resistance and Special Rebellion Law in Colonial Burma, 1930-1937 by Dr Maitrii Aung-Thwin
Seminar In the Shadow of the King: Rural Resistance and Special Rebellion Law in Colonial Burma, 1930-1937
Dr Maitrii Aung-Th...
Nov 17, 2014
Forthcoming Seminars: What Voters Want: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Thailand by Dr Allen Hicken (17 Nov 2014 (Monday)
What Voters Want:Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Thailand
Dr Allen Hicken Associate Professor of Political Science Research Associate Professor atthe Center for Political Studies, and the Center...
Nov 7, 2014
Upcomong seminar in Nov: Democracy and the market economy: Examples of Hong Kong and Singapore
SEARC will have a seminar about Singapore in the 1st week of November....
Oct 31, 2014
SEARC annoucement (31st Oct 2014)
YCAR/ABMP Short-Term Postdoctoral Visitor in Asian GovernanceYork University, TorontoThe York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites applications for a short-term (four month) post-doctoral fellowship in Asian Governance. The successful applicant will have completed a PhD within the last four years...
Oct 22, 2014
Interviews with Two Presidents in the Latest issue of Foreign Affairs
The latest issue of Foreign Affairs contains interviews with the presidents of Indonesia and the Philippines in which they discuss their presidencie...
Oct 17, 2014
SEARC Weekly Announcements (17/Oct)
SEARC Weekly Announcements...
Oct 10, 2014
To know Thailand's by National Reform Council an Infographic made by @prachatai_en
@prachatai_en released an infographic which shows the composition of the newly formed National Reform Council (NRC) in Thailand. Based on @prachatai_en search, the NRC in Thailand is dominated...
Dr London, core member of SEARC, was quoted FT on Thai PM trip to Myanmar
Dr London was quoted in Financial Times 2 days ago on an article about the Thailand PM's visit to Myanmar....
Oct 9, 2014
Dr London, a core member of SEARC, was interviewed by CNA
Dr Jonathan London, a core member of SEARC, was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia about US partially lifts an arms embargo on Vietnam....
Oct 8, 2014
Two coming seminars on Indonesia organized by SEARC
SEARC will soon have two seminars about the 2014 general election in Indonesia in early October.
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Oct 6, 2014
SEARC Weekly Announcements (up to 6 Oct)
We have gathered information related to recent and upcoming academic activities about Southeast Asi...
Oct 1, 2014
New article written by SEARC core member
Dr. Stephen Ortmann, a SEARC core member, has an article in the latest Taiwan Journal of Democracy.
The title is: Democratization and the Discourse on Stability in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Taiwan...
Sep 30, 2014
Mark Thompson, SEARC director, published a piece in the East Asia Forum today
SEARC director published a piece in the East Asia Forum
today about the problems of governance reforms under the Aquino
administration in the Philippines...
Sep 29, 2014
SEARC Weekly Announcements (up to 29th Sep)
We have gathered information related to recent and upcoming academic activities about Southeast Asia....
Sep 17, 2014
Two new SEARC working papers
There are two new working papers released today....
Sep 16, 2014
Understanding the Problems of Southeast Asia's Railways
Southeast Asians are increasingly unhappy about their national railways and proposed high speed rail networks....
Sep 8, 2014
SEARC Director has New Article in Critical Asian Studies
The latest article of SEARC director, Prof Mark Thompson, has been published in Critical Asian Studies....
Sep 3, 2014
Population Figures of Myanmar Released
Last week, the provisional results of Myanmar’s first census in 30 years were released...
Sep 1, 2014
Academic article released in August 2014
Here is the list of academic articles recorded in citation database in August 2014:...
Here's an infographic about General Prayuth, leader of the 2014 Thai coup
Do you know how many chairmanships General Prayuth, leader of the 2014 coup in Thailand, holds? This infographic will tell you...
Aug 28, 2014
Energy subsidies in Southeast Asia
There is a blog post in Asia Pathways which briefly discusses the policy issue of energy subsidies in Southeast Asia....
Aug 25, 2014
Ne Win and present-day Myanmar
Prof Robert Taylor tells us how Ne Win might feel about Myanmar if he were still al...
Aug 21, 2014
On constitutional reform in Myanmar, Thailand and Philippines
Mong Palatino writes about the current debate on constitutional reform in Myanmar, Thailand and Philippines in The Diploma...
Aug 18, 2014
New article written by SEARC core member
Dr. Stephen Ortmann, a SEARC core member, has an article in the latest Asian Survey. The title is “The Significance of By-elections for Political Change in Singapore’s Authoritarian Regime.”...
Aug 15, 2014
New book about Myanmar supported by SEARC is now available!
We would like to inform our readers that a new book about Myanmar supported by SEARC and published by NUS Press is now availabl...
Aug 11, 2014
Know more about the Thai Junta’s Interim Constitution
Dr. Puangthong Pawakapan writes about the Thai Junta’s Interim Constitution....
Aug 8, 2014
Academic article released in July 2014
Here is the list of academic articles recorded from Database in July 2014:...
SEARC Public Seminars: Migration and Family Relationships: The case of “Gay Indonesia” in Paris
SEARC will organize an seminar in coming Firday (8th Aug) which is about migration and family relationships in Indonesia....
Aug 4, 2014
Two new working papers have just been posted on SEARC website
Two new working papers, a commentary by Suhardiyoto Haryadi on a SEARC seminar and a paper by Puangthong Pawakapan on Thailand have just been posted on SEARC websi...
Jul 22, 2014
The official result is released : Jokowi 53.15%, Prabowo 46.85%
The official result of 2014 Indonesia’s Presidential election is here:...
Thailand needs to build democracy culturally
Reforms for democracy in Thailand have to go beyond politics and reform the Thais culturally....
Jul 16, 2014
AIS PhD Student wrote about Thailand political crisis and its historical root in The Diplomat
One AIS PhD Student wrote in The Diplomat about the historical root of the latest coup in Thailand....
Jul 14, 2014
When an anti-Gambling campaign went wrong in Singapore....
World Cup is over now. But a week ago, Singapore's anti-gambling campaign went wrong after Germany's victory over Brazil....
Jul 10, 2014
Spread it! NCPO revokes Prof Pavin's passport | Bangkok Post: news
Sad news. and Time.com have Dr. Pavin's response....
Quick review on Indonesia's president election by Vedi Hadiz and Richard Robison
New Mandala have a very good post-election review about two president candidates in Indonesia. President Jokowi vs Oligarchy: Can Indonesia's new president counter oligarchy? http://t.co/BrmKYEZuqN—...
Jul 9, 2014
Singaporean in Syria conflict
According to Reuters & Singaporean state-owned TV network, there are Singaporean participating in Syria conflict. ...
Jul 8, 2014
Hun Sen, Cambodia's PM, said, if Cambodian youths protest in front of a Japanese mall, they will lose their jobs!
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen used his “favourable” authoritarian rhetoric to remind Cambodian youth about the "importance" of stability and NOT to protest!...
@guardian tell you why we need to care about Indonesia's president election
Why we need to care about the forthcoming Indonesia’s president? UK’s The guardian listed five reasons....
Jul 5, 2014
Read David I. Steinberg's latest comment on Myanmar development
In Nikkei, Prof David I. Steinberg summarized about the Myanmar’s latest development....
Jul 3, 2014
The health problem for policy makers in Vietnam, as the country is one of the most tobacco-friendly countries in the world
The Diplomat told us why Vietnam is being “one of the world’s most tobacco-friendly countries.” The policy makers in Vietnam have to tackle this health risk to the people....
Jun 30, 2014
Academic Articles released in June 2014
Here is the list of academic articles recorded from Database in June 2014:...
Jun 23, 2014
The problem of Cambodian People’s Party: authoritarianism
As a political party in an authoritarian country, the ruling style of the ruling party of course is authoritarian. However, as a party who face decline of popularity and rising opposition, the authoritarianism...
Jun 19, 2014
On the latest development of Indonesian presidential election
Today, East Asia Forum has a post analyzing the latest development of the Indonesia's presidential election....
Jun 18, 2014
Dilemma faced by Vietnamese state on South China Sea problem
William G. Frasure wrote about the dilemma faced by the government of Vietnam over the South China Sea problem....
The City again is under fire again because of racism: This time is a “racist” insurance commercial
There is an commercial ad of insurance featuring a male Chinese actor as a Filipina maid which is criticized as racist in the online community....
Jun 16, 2014
New book by SEARC's core member has been released online!
The latest publication by Dr Toby Carroll, SEARC's core member, The Politics of Marketising Asia, has been published and released online by Palgrave Macmillan this month...
Understand more about the Thilawa Special Economic Zone in Myanmar
Read this Nikkei article to understand more about the current development and problems of Myanmar’s Thilawa Special Economic Zone....
Hidden obstacle to HK-ASEAN FTA talk: racism? Read Bowring article in SCMP
On Sunday, Philip Bowring wrote about the racism in Hong Kong and China and discuss how it would affect Hong Kong and China’s relations with ASEAN countries....
Jun 9, 2014
Tough days for Thai's scholars: Thai Generals Go After Exiles and Academics - Asia Sentinel
Sadly, today Asia Sentinel informed us that the Thai junta pressured the Thai foreign ministry to force the overseas' academics going back to Thailand. Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai academics in Kyoto,...
Malaysia now is the riskiest economiy in Asia?
Last Week, one of the Bloomberg's columnist questioned the future of Malaysian economy. He questioned about the sustainability of the pro-Malay affirmative-action program....
Jun 8, 2014
Problem of SE Asia politics: lack of ideology?
Farish A. Noor, a professor fom Singapor's NTU, wrote a good piece about the root problem of SE Asia's politucs: lack of ideolo...
Now, a look back on Virnam's anti-China protest
From Strait Times, David Ko shared his review of the mid-May anti-China's protes...
Jun 5, 2014
Duncan McCargo on Thai's Coup @ForeignPolicy
Duncan McCargo, famous thai expert wrote an article in Foreign Policy yesterday about the Thai Coup....
Jun 3, 2014
A response from a scholar wanted by the Thailand junta....
Few days ago, SCMP posted the response from a Thai scholar, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, who is wanted by the junta:...
Jun 2, 2014
Academic articles published in the 3rd and 4th Week of May (17th~31st may)
Here is the list of academic articles recorded from Database during the 3rd and 4th Week of May (17th~31st may):...
On ASEAN and South China Sea and Shangri-La Dialogue
Dr. John Lee, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney, shared his view about ASEAN and the South China Sea issues reflected in the Shangri-La Dialogue....
Jun 1, 2014
Southeast Asia @Diplomat_APAC in last three days
@Diplomat_APAC have a several interesting articles about Southeast Asia during the weekend. We summarized a post to our readers:...
May 29, 2014
Who are advising the current Thai Junta?
The Nation release a clear infographic telling use who are advising the Thai Junta:...
New report on Southeast Asia's democracy by CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick
Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia in Council on Foreign Relations, just released a report mainly discuss about how democracy in Southeast Asia is "stagnated" in recent year. ...
