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Thai Politics in Translation
Since Thailand's prolonged political crisis began with royalist mobilization against prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2005, international observers have been treated to easy …
Walking a Tightrope
His portrait still hangs there above the Gate of Heavenly Peace, overlooking Tiananmen Square - Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China and its Communist Party. As a …
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
In its first decade of existence, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has developed into a key regional security group in Asia. Alarmists believe that the SCO is making …
Explaining the East Asian Peace
The fascinating and controversial (but also personal) story of a 6-year research program based at Uppsala University that, instead of explaining conflict, has sought to explain …
Burma/Myanmar - Where Now?
Recent changes in Burma/Myanmar have been called the 'Burmese democratic spring'. While the international media have mainly focused on the economic opportunities offered by these …
After the Great East Japan Earthquake
The triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 began with the most powerful earthquake known to have hit Japan and led to tsunami reaching 40 meters in height that devastated …
Ideas, Society and Politics in Northeast Asia and Northern Europe
Western scholars have long studied China, Japan and Korea (among other Asian countries). However, in recent years we have seen the study of western societies launched at certain …
End of Empire
Almost nowhere in eastern Asia did the end of World War II bring peace. Within days, the fragile wartime truce between Nationalists and Communists in China began to fray. Even …
Dialogue with North Korea?
There is hardly another country as isolated and with such a bleak image as North Korea. It is portrayed in the Western media as a Hermit Kingdom ruled by an outdated, communist …