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

ASEAN

ASEAN e-commerce: taking stock after one year of Covid-19

Luca Sartorelli
Indo-Pacific Research & Policy Papers

When we last analysed ASEAN e-commerce trends it was March 2020, just over one year ago. Few of us, if any, could have imagined then that we were only at the beginning of a game-changing catastrophe that would be remembered for years to come. In the following months, worst-case scenarios…

Apr 26, 2021

Affari Italiani – 23 Aprile 2021

Giuseppe Gabusi
Indo-Pacific In the media

[IT] L'ultimo numero della rivista RISE viene rilanciato nell'articolo di Lorenzo Lamperti per Affari Italiani.

Apr 23, 2021
Filippine

Le Filippine di Duterte e le eredità del passato

Indo-Pacific RISE

[IT] Questo numero di RISE intende fornire alcuni riflessioni di lungo periodo sulle Filippine di Duterte e valutare alcuni dei successi e dei fallimenti della sua amministrazione. La vittoria dell’ex sindaco di Davao City suggerisce una profonda delusione verso la tradizione liberaldemocratica, che tuttavia deve ancora fare i conti con…

Apr 20, 2021

The art of arms (not) being governed: means of violence and shifting territories in the borderworlds of Myanmar

Francesco Buscemi
Indo-Pacific Research & Policy Papers

Controlling the means of violence occurs via turbulent combinations of technical objects, techniques and rationalities that relate to four main domains: narcotics eradication; institutionalisation; ethnonationality; and humanitarian security.

Apr 6, 2021

Radio Radicale – 3 Aprile 2021

Giuseppe Gabusi
Indo-Pacific In the media

[IT] Il commento di Giuseppe Gabusi (T.wai & Università degli Studi di Torino) sulla crisi birmana per Radio Radicale.

Apr 3, 2021

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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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