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Indo-Pacific

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

AlbengaCorsara News – 25 marzo 2024

Giuseppe Gabusi
Indo-Pacific In the media

[IT] Il libro “L’Asia al centro del cambiamento” (Treccani, 2022), a cura di Giuseppe Gabusi (T.wai & Università di Torino), è nominato per il Premio Libro dell’Anno sull’Innovazione 2024 del Galileo-Festival della Scienza e Innovazione e menzionato su AlbengaCorsaro News.

Mar 25, 2024
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

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Emanuele Ballestracci
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Emanuele Ballestracci is Junior Research Fellow at T.wai.
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).
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Gianluca Bonanno is a Research Fellow at T.wai and the President of the International Peace and Sustainability Organization (IPSO).
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Francesco Buscemi is Research Fellow at T.wai and researcher at ERIS Research Group, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
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Anna Caffarena is Full Professor of International Relations at the University of Torino and the Director of its Department of Cultures, Politics and Society. She has served as the first President of the Torino World Affairs Institute.
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Guido Creta is Research Fellow at T.wai and at the University of Naples "L'Orientale".
Nicholas Farrelly
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Nicholas Farrelly is a Research Fellow at T.wai and a Professor and Head of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania.
Giuseppe Gabusi
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Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi is Associate Professor of International Political Economy and Political Economy of East Asia at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society of the University of Turin. He is Head of T.wai's Indo-Pacific Program.
Pietro Masina
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Pietro Masina is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and a Full Professor of International Political Economy, History and Institutions of East Asia at the University of Naples “L'Orientale”.
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