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Poverty and Uneven Development in the Philippines: Understanding a National Crisis Through Local Realities Business and Economy East Asia and the Pacific
  • Dec 2025, 19
  • Jonel Ocampo Garcia
Poverty and Uneven Development in the Philippines: Understanding a National Crisis Through Local Realities

This article argues that poverty and uneven development in the...

The Plundered Philippines: Extraction, Memory, and the Global Logic of Neglect History East Asia and the Pacific
  • Dec 2025, 17
  • Joellyn Faye G. Ocampo
The Plundered Philippines: Extraction, Memory, and the Global Logic of Neglect

This article examines how historical plunder in the Global South...

The Cost of Phasing Out Coal in Indonesia: Who Will Pay? Business and Economy East Asia and the Pacific
  • Dec 2025, 05
  • Muhammad Ayoub
The Cost of Phasing Out Coal in Indonesia: Who Will Pay?

This article examines the challenging path for Indonesia to meet...

Beyond Autonomy: Why Bangsamoro’s Struggle Is Not About Recognition but Reclamation History East Asia and the Pacific
  • Dec 2025, 01
  • Datu Al-Zahid H. Salik
Beyond Autonomy: Why Bangsamoro’s Struggle Is Not About Recognition but Reclamation

This article re-examines Bangsamoro autonomy by demonstrating how it functions...

Beyond the Mayor: Who is Mamdani, Really? International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Nov 2025, 26
  • Saemah Shamim
Beyond the Mayor: Who is Mamdani, Really?

This article uncovers how the political ascent of Zohran Mamdani...

Beyond Numbers: Ensuring Food Safety in Indonesia’s MBG Business and Economy East Asia and the Pacific
  • Nov 2025, 19
  • M. Ikhsan Shiddieqy
Beyond Numbers: Ensuring Food Safety in Indonesia’s MBG

This article examines how Indonesia’s MBG program, while reaching more...

Restructuring the Post-Conflict Future: Special Autonomy as a Path to Decolonization and Prosperity in Aceh and Bangsamoro Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Nov 2025, 12
  • Syarifah Huswatun Miswar
Restructuring the Post-Conflict Future: Special Autonomy as a Path to Decolonization and Prosperity in Aceh and Bangsamoro

This article explores how special autonomy in Aceh and Bangsamoro...

“Code Green” Public Policy to Implement Zero Emissions and Decrease Climate Change in West Java Province Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Nov 2025, 10
  • Kusdarmawan Nur Ilham
“Code Green” Public Policy to Implement Zero Emissions and Decrease Climate Change in West Java Province

This article defines Code Green as a model of public...

Exclusion as Harmony: The Governance of Bodies in Malaysia Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Nov 2025, 07
  • Nur Hadirah Binte Sapari
Exclusion as Harmony: The Governance of Bodies in Malaysia

This article examines how Malaysia’s political economy sustains social harmony...

Artificial Intelligence and Geopolitical Uncertainty: The Indonesian View International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 31
  • Affabile Rifawan
Artificial Intelligence and Geopolitical Uncertainty: The Indonesian View

This article examines the way artificial intelligence is transforming global...

ASEAN Neutrality in the Age of Naked Imperialism International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 29
  • Christopher Choong Weng Wai
ASEAN Neutrality in the Age of Naked Imperialism

This article reexamines the meaning of ASEAN neutrality in light...

Kuala Lumpur 2025: ASEAN Between Renewed Centrality and Structural Fragility International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 27
  • Aniello Iannone
Kuala Lumpur 2025: ASEAN Between Renewed Centrality and Structural Fragility

This article analyzes the geopolitical and institutional significance of the...

Scepticism in the Global South and Contestation over the Humanitarian Norm: The Responsibility to Protect International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 22
  • Antony Joseph
Scepticism in the Global South and Contestation over the Humanitarian Norm: The Responsibility to Protect

This article critically examines the evolving contestation of the Responsibility...

The Promise of EU-ASEAN Partnership as a Pathway for the Global South International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 17
  • Jason Fernando
The Promise of EU-ASEAN Partnership as a Pathway for the Global South

This article examines how the EU-ASEAN partnership has significantly evolved...

Prabowo’s Foreign Policy Choices: Balancing Domestic Legitimacy and Global Ambition International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 15
  • Tufan Kutay Boran
Prabowo’s Foreign Policy Choices: Balancing Domestic Legitimacy and Global Ambition

This article examines how President Prabowo Subianto seeks to combine...

China, ASEAN, and Indonesia's Green Test Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 13
  • Virdika Rizky Utama
China, ASEAN, and Indonesia's Green Test

This article analyzes how China’s ambitious green transition serves not...

Divided Climate Diplomacy: Trump's Rejection vs. Prabowo's Responsibility in the Climate Crisis at the UN General Assembly Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 10
  • Abdullah Akbar Rafsanjani
Divided Climate Diplomacy: Trump's Rejection vs. Prabowo's Responsibility in the Climate Crisis at the UN General Assembly

This article traces how the 2025 UN General Assembly turned...

All Eyes on Indonesia and Nepal: The Multi-Actor Relations in the Political Battleground Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 08
  • Ahmad Fajar Maulana
All Eyes on Indonesia and Nepal: The Multi-Actor Relations in the Political Battleground

This article examines how technology has become a highly contested...

Prabowo at the UN: Between Anti-Imperialism and Global Interdependence International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 06
  • Aniello Iannone
Prabowo at the UN: Between Anti-Imperialism and Global Interdependence

This article takes a look at how Prabowo’s UN address...

Islam, Politics, and Pancasila: In Search of National Harmony Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Oct 2025, 03
  • Muhammad Adib Alfarisi
Islam, Politics, and Pancasila: In Search of National Harmony

This article takes a deep dive into Indonesia’s evolving struggle...

Can Ecological Fiscal Transfers Transform Indonesia’s Environmental Finance? Possibilities and Policy Insights Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Sep 2025, 26
  • Esa Bayu Rianto
Can Ecological Fiscal Transfers Transform Indonesia’s Environmental Finance? Possibilities and Policy Insights

This article looks at how Indonesia’s provinces with extensive biodiversity...

The Small Island Crisis: The Interplay between Climate Change and Privatization in Pari Island Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Sep 2025, 22
  • Gigih Prihantono
The Small Island Crisis: The Interplay between Climate Change and Privatization in Pari Island

This article examines how climate change and privatization intersect to...

Indonesia’s New Ballistic Missile: Why It Won’t Ignite an Arms Race International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Sep 2025, 19
  • Yusya' A Fitrachman
Indonesia’s New Ballistic Missile: Why It Won’t Ignite an Arms Race

This article examines Indonesia’s recent acquisition of the Turkish-made KHAN...

The Axis of Upheaval: How U.S. Tariffs Backfire International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Sep 2025, 17
  • Obaidurrahman Mirsab
The Axis of Upheaval: How U.S. Tariffs Backfire

This article explores how U.S. tariffs, intended to strengthen leverage...

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