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

Italia-ASEAN: dalla conoscenza all’azione

Indo-Pacific RISE

[IT] Agli occhi degli italiani, per troppo tempo i Paesi del Sud-est asiatico sono apparsi attraverso le lenti di un facile esotismo a buon mercato. Dalle spiagge thailandesi alle pagode birmane, dai colori di Bali alle luci di Singapore: queste sono le fotografie che vanno a formare l’immaginario collettivo di…

May 23, 2017
myanmar

Centrifugal tendencies and Myanmar’s long wars

Nicholas Farrelly
Indo-Pacific T.notes

Nowadays most of Myanmar’s severe policy conversations quickly lurch into consideration of federalism: the need to find a basis for distributing power and wealth between Myanmar’s diverse regions and peoples.

May 15, 2017

Contemporary Japan through the lens of self-representation

Arianna Alessia Armao, Sebastiano Andrea Bellomo, Sonia Fidelbo...
Indo-Pacific T.notes

While operating in a context of growing interconnectedness, political actors construct their identities through multiple channels of self-representation. Which expectations on Japan's search for a soft-power narrative in the age of Abenomics?

Apr 13, 2017

Indonesia: la nazione indispensabile

Indo-Pacific RISE

[IT] Il secondo anno di attività di RISE inizia con un fascicolo dedicato all'Indonesia, l’ottava economia mondiale, nonché il quarto Paese più popoloso al mondo, con 260 milioni di abitanti. Nota al grande pubblico soprattutto per essere la principale democrazia islamica, l’Indonesia sta attraversando, con le elezioni del governatore di…

Feb 21, 2017

Risorse naturali e potere nel Sud-Est asiatico

Indo-Pacific RISE

[IT] RISE/4 affronta il rapporto tra potere e risorse naturali nel Sud-est asiatico, e lo fa con una prospettiva “dal basso”. Le analisi della gestione internazionale delle acque del Mekong, delle risorse della pesca nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, del mercato dei rubini in Myanmar e del modello di sviluppo della…

Nov 28, 2016

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Indo-Pacific Experts

Emanuele Ballestracci
Junior Research Fellow
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).
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 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.
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
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
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
Prof. Giorgio Prodi is Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He serves as Vice President of T.wai, the Torino World Affairs Institute.
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