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Indonesia and West Papua Relations – (Long) Road to Move Forward?

By Abid A. Adonis, external contributor for Asia Centre. Abid A. Adonis Article N°2021 9 Click Here To Download Abstract Since its integration to Indonesia’s territory the West Papua question has consistently put Jakarta in an uncomfortable position. The Dutch post-colonial and Suharto post-authoritarian legacies have historically polarised deep divisions among West Papuans internally and generated a complex relational pattern with the Indonesian central government. The rise of President Joko Widodo to power in 2014 and his re-election in 2019 brought new hope in West Papua. Despite Widodo’s economic achievements…

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Why the EU lacks behind China in AI development – Analysis and solutions...

By Thomas L. Oomen, Junior Researcher at Asia Centre.   Thomas L. Oomen Article N°2021 8 Click Here To Download   Abstract With data availability exponentially increasing in the coming years, artificial intelligence (AI) will become a shaping factor in determining the competitiveness of economies going forward. With China’s giant consumer market, more flexible and less strict regulations, and more venture capital investments, China has a better chance of coming out on top in this tech race. While AI development is not a zero-sum game, leading in AI is important…

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Prayuth and the Art of Survival

By Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher at Asia Centre.   Hadrien T. Saperstein Article N°2021 7 Click Here To Download   On Tuesday the 16th of February, 2021, the opposition parties in Thailand began debating a no-confidence motion, set to be voted on Saturday the 20th of February, 2021, against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-O-Cha and nine cabinet members from three coalition parties: Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), Democrat Party (DP), and Bhumjaithai Party (BJT). The cabinet members include Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul,…

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Looking Ahead, Southeast Asia After the Coup d’État in Myanmar

By Hadrien T. Saperstein, Researcher at Asia Centre.   Hadrien T. Saperstein Article N°2021 5 Click Here To Download   The Coup d’État in Myanmar   On the 1st of February, 2021, the day before Burma/Myanmar’s[1] newly elected parliament was intended to convene, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi along with President Win Myint and other senior members of the National League of Democracy (NLD) party were detained by order of the Commander-in-Chief Aung Hlaing of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). In his 10th year as Tatmadaw leader, Aung Hlaing…

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Ominous breaking news coming out of Myanmar

By Romain Caillaud, principal of the consulting firm SIPA Partners and researcher associated with the Singaporean think tank ISEAS. Ominous breaking news coming out of Myanmar: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-detained. Ten years after the transition to democracy started, the country is facing a huge setback with the Tatmadaw rounding up elected political leaders including Aung San Suu-Kyi and other National League for Democracy (NLD) senior members, and declaring a state of emergency hence putting an end to the civilian government. What’s next – popular demonstrations, violent crackdowns, international sanctions, disinvestment – like we…

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Thailand: The Making of a Near-Antarctic State

Hadrien T. Saperstein T, researcher for Asia Centre and specialized in maritime strategic thought and strategic foresight analysis for the Indo-Pacific region, is analyzing in the following article published by The Geopolitics review Thailand’s efforts in Antarctica even though they are still nascent and currently civilian-led. Thailand: The Making of a Near-Antarctic State And here are other articles about Thailand and Asia-Pacific written by Hadrien T. Saperstein: one about Thailand’s space program and another one dealing with Biden’s challenges in the region respectively published by 9Dashline and the Lowy Institute….

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Thailand’s Draft National Space Act: Legal Developments in the...

Pimtawan Nidhi-u-tai* and Lalin Kovudhikulrungsri**   Thailand’s Draft National Space Act Legal Developments In The Registration System And Space Debris Mitigation Measures   Introduction   In October 2020, the National Space Policy Committee (NSPC) finally approved the Draft National Space Act, as prepared by the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA). The Draft National Space Act is now pending consideration of the Prime Ministerial Cabinet, along with further amendments and parliamentary approval.[1]  The main objectives to be achieved by the Draft National Space Act consisted of creating a legal…

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Thailand’s Smaller-State Space Power Amid Great-Power Competition in the...

Hadrien T. Saperstein[1] and Loris Cera[2]   Abstract: After a brief discussion on the transition from the first to second space age, which witnessed the move from defensive to offensive military use of weapons by great-powers in the space domain, the article explains that such strategies must not limit small-state space powers solely to soft power approaches but should contrarily hold diversified approaches to enhance their military power. Thailand, having historically and contemporaneously adopted a smaller-state space power approach, still does not hold a truly independent, unitary space domain concept,…

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Announcement: Thailand Joins the Space Race…!

Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher at Asia Centre.   Announcement Thailand Joins The Space Race…! On the 16th of December, 2020, the Minister of Higher Education, Sciences, Research and Innovation, Dr. Anek Laothamatas, made the bold announcement that Thailand will inaugurate its new space program next month[1] officially entering into the so-often attested “space race.”[2] The program will focus on building the country’s first domestic spaceship for the purpose to orbit and explore the moon within seven years.[3] Arriving shortly after the successful return to Earth of China’s Chang’e 5 twenty-three-day…

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