Inequality Archives - Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia

Gender, Sexuality and ‘Songsang’: Freedom of Expression for LGBT Malaysians?

“As a democratic country, we have the right to voice things out.” Azmi Sharom, 2014. During one of my lectures at Monash University Malaysia, my Malaysian and non-Malaysian students and I looked at challenges in […]

Inequality and Political Regimes in Asia

Rising inequality worldwide has directed new focus to the classic political economy question concerning the relationship between democratization, or political regime change, and inequality. But despite a rather dramatic rise of social and political conflicts […]

Recognizing the instrumental role of former Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe for both the establishment of the Indo-Pacific as a geopolitical concept and the development of Japanese-Southeast Asian relations, the essays in this special issue investigate the legacy of his government for the future of the region.

– Indonesia
Shinzo Abe’s Military Legacy for Indonesia: The Seed Planted for the Future
Bima Prawira Utama, PhD candidate, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

– Philippines
Philippine-Japan Relations: Friends with Benefits
Karl Ian Cheng Chua, Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

– Singapore
Japan-Singapore Relations and Shinzo Abe
Kei Koga, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

– Thailand
Japanese-Thai Relations through Two Coups: Back to Business
David M. Malitz, Senior Research Fellow, DIJ, Japan

– Vietnam
Vietnam-Japan Relations under the Abe Administration
Hoang Minh Hang, Senior Researcher, Institute of Northeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam

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