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

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

Transformation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the Philippines

Arianne Dumayas
Indo-Pacific T.notes

The Philippines is one of the many countries in Southeast Asia that have extensively pursued economic zone development. These zones have continuously evolved over time, with significant consequences.

Apr 1, 2021

La Stampa – 29 marzo 2021

Giuseppe Gabusi
Indo-Pacific In the media

[IT] Il commento di Giuseppe Gabusi (T.wai & Università di Torino) nell'articolo di Sara Perria per La Stampa.

Mar 29, 2021

  • Asia Prospects Events

    ITASEAS – Italian Association of Southeast Asian Studies Conference 2025

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    University of Turin - Campus Luigi Einaudi
    Lungo Dora Siena, 100 | Torino | Italy

    Indo-Pacific in the Media

    • Guido Creta

      Research Fellow

      12 November 2025

      “Forse uno dei problemi principali dell’Indonesia è non essere riuscita in questi anni a fare i conti col proprio passato. Nominare Suharto eroe nazionale significa non conoscere la storia del proprio Paese. Quest’anno sono sessant’anni dai massacri anticomunisti in Indonesia; ancora oggi il Partito Comunista Indonesiano è bandito insieme a tutti i testi relativi al marxismo, e ancora oggi il comunismo è un fantasma in Indonesia, che viene ripescato ogni qualvolta si renda necessario accusare un avversario politico. Lo stesso Prabowo lo fa spessissimo.”

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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 Full Professor of International Relations at the University of Turin and the Director of its Department of Cultures, Politics and Society. She has served as the first President of the Torino World Affairs Institute.
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 a Full 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 Adjunct Professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
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 Modena and Reggio Emilia.
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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