Indo-Pacific Program
Investigating the players, institutions and narratives driving political and economic dynamics across fast-emerging Asia

Indo-Pacific

Investigating the players, institutions and narratives driving political and economic dynamics across fast-emerging Asia

Le smart cities nel sud-est asiatico: il caso Nusantara

Le smart cities nel sud-est asiatico: il caso Nusantara

Michele Farina
Indo-Pacific Research & Policy Papers

[IT] Rendere le città progressivamente più smart è un obiettivo di molti governi al mondo, inclusi quelli dei Paesi ASEAN. L'Indonesia ha addirittura concepito la nuova capitale Nusantara come città ex novo che aspiri a diventare il centro urbano più sostenibile al mondo, un simbolo dell'identità nazionale e la forza…

Mar 4, 2024

Rassegna stampa – TOASEAN Business Days 2024

Giuseppe Gabusi
Indo-Pacific In the media

[IT] I TOASEAN Business Days 2024 vengono citati da TorinoClick e Città di Torino.

Feb 29, 2024

‘Whatever It Takes’: The Political Economy of the Chinese Communist Party

Giuseppe Gabusi, Shaun Breslin...
Indo-Pacific Research & Policy Papers

The ‘Communist’ and the ‘Chinese’ elements have always been present in the design and implementation of the Party’s political economy. True, we have seen waves of change over the decades, including periods of liberalisation and privatisation and then greater state control, but the basic philosophy and identification of the dilemmas…

Jan 30, 2024

Taiwan nella visione strategica del Giappone: continuità e prospettive dopo le elezioni

Noemi Lanna
Indo-Pacific Research & Policy Papers

[IT] La vittoria elettorale del DPP lascia inalterate le fonti di frizione tra i principali attori coinvolti nella questione taiwanese. La tensione che ha preceduto la campagna elettorale è probabilmente destinata a rinnovarsi, esponendo il Giappone a nuovi rischi.

Jan 30, 2024
Italia e Vietnam: mezzo secolo di commerci, investimenti e cooperazione politica

Italia e Vietnam: mezzo secolo di commerci, investimenti e cooperazione politica

Federico Vozza
Indo-Pacific Research & Policy Papers

[IT] Nel 2023 Italia e Vietnam hanno festeggiato il cinquantenario dall’avvio delle relazioni diplomatiche ufficiali sancito il 23 marzo 1973 a Pechino con uno scambio di note tra gli ambasciatori d’Italia e dell’allora Repubblica Democratica del Vietnam (Vietnam del Nord), tre anni prima della nascita dell’odierna Repubblica Socialista del Vietnam.…

Jan 8, 2024

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Indo-Pacific Experts

Michele Boario
Research Fellow
Michele Boario is a Research Fellow at T.wai and a Senior Economist at the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).
Gianluca Bonanno
Research Fellow
Gianluca Bonanno is a Research Fellow at T.wai and the President of the International Peace and Sustainability Organization (IPSO).
Francesco Buscemi
Research Fellow
Francesco Buscemi is Research Fellow at T.wai and researcher at ERIS Research Group, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
Anna Caffarena
Anna Caffarena is the former President of the Torino World Affairs Institute and a Professor of International Relations at the University of Torino.
Guido Creta
Research Fellow
Guido Creta is Research Fellow at T.wai and at the University of Naples "L'Orientale".
Nicholas Farrelly
Research Fellow
Nicholas Farrelly is a Research Fellow at T.wai and a Professor and Head of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania.
Giuseppe Gabusi
Head of Program
Giuseppe Gabusi is Head of T.wai’s Indo-Pacific Program and an Associate Professor of International Political Economy and Political Economy of East Asia at the University of Turin.
Pietro Masina
Research Fellow
Pietro Masina is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and an Associate Professor of International Political Economy, History and Institutions of East Asia at the University of Naples “L'Orientale”.
Raimondo Neironi
Research Fellow
Raimondo Neironi is Research Fellow at T.wai and at the University of Cagliari.
Giorgio Prodi
Vice President
Giorgio Prodi is the Vice President of the Torino World Affairs Institute and an Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Ferrara.
Luca Sartorelli
Research Fellow
Luca Sartorelli is a Research Fellow at T.wai and Economic Development Expert at the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.

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