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[ February 1, 2017 ] Current Gift-Giving Practices Devoid of Popular Legitimacy in Cambodia? Cambodia
[ January 25, 2017 ] Multicultural Policy in South Korea and its Implications for Social Inclusion of Multiethnic Youth South Korea
[ January 18, 2017 ] Subsidies and the Film Industry: Lessons from France and South Korea South Korea
[ December 14, 2016 ] After the LegCo Oath Controversy, What’s Next for Hong Kong? Hong Kong
[ December 7, 2016 ] China’s ambitions welcomed in Kuala Lumpur? Malaysia
[ November 30, 2016 ] A Tough Choice: the Criminalization of Indonesian Fishermen Indonesia

Cambodia

Current Gift-Giving Practices Devoid of Popular Legitimacy in Cambodia?

Memo #392 By: Astrid Norén-Nilsson – astrid.nn [at] gmail.com In the last national elections in 2013, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) experienced a strong surge in support, finishing a close second to the long-incumbent Cambodian [...]
South Korea

Multicultural Policy in South Korea and its Implications for Social Inclusion of Multiethnic Youth

Memo #391 By: Léo-Thomas Brylowski – ltbrylowski [at] gmail.com A record number of children born from mixed marriages are starting to make their way through South Korea’s public schooling system since the country’s multicultural turn in 2007. [...]
South Korea

Subsidies and the Film Industry: Lessons from France and South Korea

Memo #390 By: Patrick Messerlin – patrick.messerlin [at] gmail.com and Jimmyn Parc – jimmynparc [at] gmail.com With the continued dominance of Hollywood films around the world, policy makers in Asia and elsewhere are increasingly considering government subsidies as [...]
Hong Kong

After the LegCo Oath Controversy, What’s Next for Hong Kong?

Memo #389 By: Justin Kwan – justin.kwan [at] alumni.ubc.ca Escalating tensions raise further concern about Hong Kong’s democracy Hong Kong’s democratic system has been dealt a severe blow after two democratically elected lawmakers who advocated independence from [...]
Malaysia

China’s ambitions welcomed in Kuala Lumpur?

Memo #388 By: Phuong Nguyen – h0aiphuong.14 [at] gmail.com and Kai Ostwald – kai.ostwald [at] ubc.ca In the shadows of the headline-grabbing October announcement that the Philippines would forge closer ties with China and “separate” from its [...]

Hong Kong

After the LegCo Oath Controversy, What’s Next for Hong Kong?

December 14, 2016 0

Memo #389 By: Justin Kwan – justin.kwan [at] alumni.ubc.ca Escalating tensions raise further concern about Hong Kong’s democracy Hong Kong’s democratic system has been dealt a severe blow after two democratically elected lawmakers who advocated independence from [...]
China’s ambitions welcomed in Kuala Lumpur?

December 7, 2016 0
Democracy Wall, Foreign Correspondents, and Deng Xiaoping

November 9, 2016 0

South Korea

Multicultural Policy in South Korea and its Implications for Social Inclusion of Multiethnic Youth

January 25, 2017 0

Memo #391 By: Léo-Thomas Brylowski – ltbrylowski [at] gmail.com A record number of children born from mixed marriages are starting to make their way through South Korea’s public schooling system since the country’s multicultural turn in [...]
Subsidies and the Film Industry: Lessons from France and South Korea

January 18, 2017 0
Why should we care about transnational social capital in development cooperation?

November 23, 2016 0

Reflection Requires Reading: A New Japanese Middle School History Textbook

May 3, 2016 0

Memo #379 By:Hyung Gu Lynn – hlynn [at] mail.ubc.ca Despite the regular protests by South Korean and Chinese governments there remains confusion about Japanese history textbooks in terms of their production, approval, adoption, reception, and contents. Separate teams [...]
The Heroism in Edge of Tomorrow

April 29, 2016 0
What Appears After the End of the World? Post-Humanity in Japanese Anime, Manga, and Novel of the 1980s

April 19, 2016 0

A Tough Choice: the Criminalization of Indonesian Fishermen

November 30, 2016 0

Memo #387 By: Antje Missbach – antje.missbach [at] monash.edu The tough choice between illegal fishing and transporting asylum seekers Many Indonesian fishermen have suffered the consequences of breaking Australian law in recent years as they have tried to [...]
Can Canada Follow New Zealand’s Model for Free Trade with China?

October 19, 2016 0
“The Japan Choice:” Will Australia choose Japanese submarines for its future defence force?

April 8, 2016 1

China’s ambitions welcomed in Kuala Lumpur?

December 7, 2016 0

Memo #388 By: Phuong Nguyen – h0aiphuong.14 [at] gmail.com and Kai Ostwald – kai.ostwald [at] ubc.ca In the shadows of the headline-grabbing October announcement that the Philippines would forge closer ties with China and “separate” from its long-time [...]
A Tough Choice: the Criminalization of Indonesian Fishermen

November 30, 2016 0
Malaysia’s Bloodless Repression against Activists and Critics

November 2, 2016 1

Can Canada Follow New Zealand’s Model for Free Trade with China?

October 19, 2016 0

Memo #381 By: Charles Burton – cburton [at] brocku.ca and Stephen Noakes – s.noakes [at] auckland.ac.nz What explains the absence of a Canada-China free trade agreement? From China’s perspective the benefits of free trade with Canada are clear: increasing its market [...]
LNG in British Columbia, Scandals in Malaysia, and the Complexity of Policy Decisions

October 5, 2015 0
Canada – China FIPA: Just the Facts, Please

October 22, 2014 0

Is tourism the solution to insurgency in the North East of India?

January 29, 2016 2

Memo #361 By Aadil Brar – aadil.brar [at] alumni.ubc.ca The Northeastern states of India have experienced years of violence and separatist movements. The AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), the act gives the military and air forces [...]
Urban Narrative in Delhi, India: Art Explorations and Urban Ethnography

October 24, 2015 0
Amidst its Tragedy, Nepal’s Strategic Dilemma

April 30, 2015 0

For Love of Languages, Travel, and Fieldwork: A tribute to Benedict Anderson

December 16, 2015 1

Memo #357 By Apichai W. Shipper – apichai.shipper [at] georgetown.edu There will never be another Ben Anderson but he has left a part of himself in all who knew him. He instilled in our DNA, among many other [...]
Whither Area Studies?

November 12, 2014 0
Music for the Mind? Virtuosity and Performativity in Celebrity Diplomacy

October 29, 2014 0

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