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Holding the Reigns: Steering development in Thailand

A scholar portrayed Thailand’s growth as being contentious, with the main issue driving the discussion being who Thailand’s legitimate development actors are (Cogan, 2021) Amnesty International has made headlines and has been accused of being […]

Ambivalent Alignment? The Sino-Russian Partnership and Thailand’s Perspectives on the Russo-Ukrainian War

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the relationship between the two great powers, Russia and China, has been much discussed and debated in international relations. What is the nature […]

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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