Memo to the roundtable on 22nd May, 2018, Southeast Asia Observatory With Benjamin Ang, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, chaired by Jean-François Di Meglio, President, Asia Centre Memo by Tom Eisenchteter Introduction :…
Introductory note to the roundtable on 22nd May, 2018, Southeast Asia Observatory by Dr Michael Raska, Assistant Professor in the Military Transformations Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Benjamin Ang, Senior Fellow…
China’s rapid economic growth has led to technical developments which have been overcoming bureaucratic rigidity by circumventing it. Chinese web-based companies like Alibaba are revolutionising internet payment and bypassing the state banking system. Social media sites are creating online space…
The vote held on 6 December 2013 for the Special Law on Protecting State Secrets (tokutei himitsu hogo hô) has been surrounded by a lively debate in Japan: both the Japanese political left and right have not hesitated to define…