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Summary of the webinar about EU-ROK relation and cooperation

Compte Rendu: “EU-Korea Convergences and partnerships 10 years after the EU-Korea FTA, in the post Covid era and within the US-China trade war”  Conference organized by Asia Centre 10th November 2020  Summary written by Hadrien Saperstein.     Compte Rendu “EU Korea Convergences And Partnerships 10 Years After The EU Korea FTA, In The Post Covid Era And Within The US China Trade War”   Keynote speaker: Lukas Mandl (chairman of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula)   Chairs: André de Bussy (former French diplomat, former…

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Asia’s Response to A Dual U.S. Presidential Model and Civil Strife at the...

Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher at Asia Centre “The issue raised by the aftermath of the breathtaking electoral sequence that the United States is going through and which, even if it is supposed to end decisively on the basis of tangible elements which will soon be available, could continue, has led us, as a “think-tank” necessarily aware of the weight of this election in the immediate future of inter-Asian relations and of the risks concentrated in the region, to an exercise that we wanted to document as systematically as possible. It…

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When online meme war transformed into a Pan-Asian alliance: Milk Tea as shared...

By TSENG Ting-Hsuan (曾婷瑄 )     TSENG is currently the correspondent of the Central News Agency of Taiwan in France. She is also a columnist and doctoral student at the University of Panthéon-Assas in the field of communication and media. She was responsible for producing documentaries and shows for several TV channels, editing and translating for Global News at Asia Digital Media, international public relations for the Golden Melody Awards. She was also the administrative manager touring Taiwanese and Chinese shows in France and the freelance writer for Migrant’s…

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Mapping The 2020 Thai Political Crisis

Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher at Asia Centre.   Mapping The 2020 Thai Political Crisis   After a brief description of the contemporary political and economic situation, this article forecasts four potential scenarios for the 2020 Thai political crisis in the short-to-medium term (risk horizon under one year). It also offers an analysis of the strategic implications of the most likely scenario for the medium-to-long term (risk horizon beyond one year). The article concludes that in the short-to-medium term, the Thai Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-o-Cha, will stay into power even in…

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Corruption and power plays in the Royal Thai Navy’s new leadership

Hadrien Saperstein, Researcher at Asia Centre, published the following article in New Mandala magazine. In his previous articles, he analyzed the different stakes the Royal Thai Navy was facing and the application of the Hybrid Maritime Warfare concept for the RTN’s maritime strategy renewal. Yet, in this new article, a focus is made on the factions within the RTN and the suspicion of corruption with military procurement, and more particularly within the current political context in Thailand, impacted by the Covid crisis and the numerous demonstrations. Corruption and power plays…

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Modernising the Royal Thai Navy

Hadrien Saperstein, Researcher at Asia Centre, in the following article published in East Asia Forum, wrote about the different stakes that the RTN (Royal Thai Navy) is facing and the Hybrid Maritime Warfare concept that could be used by the RTN to adjust effectively to its new operating environment. https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/10/17/modernising-the-royal-thai-navy/  

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The Royal Thai Navy’s Theoretical Application of the Maritime Hybrid...

  Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher at Asia Centre.   The How, RTN And MHW (final Version, Hadrien Saperstein)   In the maritime strategic thought community there has been much talk about the theoretical application of the Maritime Hybrid Warfare concept by second and third-tier naval powers in the Northeast and Southeast Asia sub-regions.[i] On that theme, a recent publication on the Royal Thai Navy’s maritime and naval strategic thought concluded that the organisation stands at an existential crossroad with the advent of maritime hybrid threats in the grey-zone warfare era…

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China Analysis

A New Taiwanese Representative Office in Aix-en-Provence: A French...

Jean-François Di Meglio, President of Asia Centre, and Maëlle Lefèvre, researcher at Asia Centre (Translation: Hadrien Saperstein) A New Taiwanese Representative Office In Aix En Provence Taiwan, an island of twenty-three million inhabitants, is a de facto independent country claimed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that since 1949 considers the island an integral part of its territory, and which promises to bring Formosa back willingly or by force into its fold. More recently, tensions between Taiwan and China accentuated after Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected into power in 2016…

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L’Indo-Pacifique à l’heure du Covid-19 : une affirmation des blocs

La contribution ci-dessous, sous la plume de talents montants de nos équipes, prend acte et “choisit” délibérément d’entériner l’émergence concrète du concept d’Indo-Pacifique. Mainte fois évoqué, souvent contesté, il est parfois même traversé de contradictions créées par les acteurs de cette région. Ce “chiffon rouge” brandi sous les yeux de Pékin a sans doute d’autant plus lieu d’être que la situation actuelle est chargée, à la suite des bouleversements liés à la pandémie, de signaux, forts ou faibles (voir le commentaire annexé du sommet de l’ASEAN) d’une montée des tensions…

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Asie centrale : une crise peut en cacher une autre

Chloé C. Milhé L’Asie centrale n’a pas été épargnée par la crise sanitaire actuelle. La plupart des pays de la région font pourtant état de chiffres officiels peu élevés en comparaison de leurs voisins. Proches de la réalité (ou pas… ?), ils sont pourtant sujets à de nombreuses interrogations lorsque l’on sait qu’aucun cas n’a été officiellement déclaré depuis le début de la crise par le Turkménistan par exemple. La crise du Covid-19 n’est d’ailleurs pas la seule situation qui suscite des préoccupations dans la région. Elle n’a été au…

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