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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

The ‘Lucky’ Ones: Land, Citizenship, and Inequality in the Wa Self-Administered Division

Indo-Pacific T.notes

In the Wa autonomous areas that run along the Sino-Burmese border, disparities in material wealth raise important questions about land ownership.

Aug 12, 2017

Opium and ‘Development’ in Myanmar: the political economy of a resurgent crop

Indo-Pacific T.notes

Shan State is the source of over 95 percent of opium in Southeast Asia. Over the past three decades, demand for and addiction to opium derivatives has risen dramatically in the region, often with devastating effects for communities throughout Myanmar.

Aug 4, 2017

Opium and ‘Development’ in Myanmar: the political economy of a resurgent crop

Indo-Pacific

Shan State is the source of over 95 percent of opium in Southeast Asia. Over the past three decades, demand for and addiction to opium derivatives has risen dramatically in the region, often with devastating effects for communities throughout Myanmar.

Aug 4, 2017

L’indebolimento dell’autorità morale e politica della Lega Nazionale per la Democrazia

Indo-Pacific

Sin dalla vittoria schiacciante ottenuta dalla Lega Nazionale per la Democrazia (NLD) nel novembre 2015, le discussioni sul futuro politico del Myanmar hanno preso...   Read More

Aug 2, 2017

Continuità e cambiamento nel Myanmar di Aung San Suu Kyi

Indo-Pacific

A partire dal 2011, la Repubblica dell’Unione del Myanmar ha affrontato un processo di trasformazione politica, economica, e militare. La prima trasformazione è senza...   Read More

Aug 2, 2017
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      27 May 2026

      “Pechino nei confronti degli Usa ha argomenti di forte pressione. La Cina non è solo la fabbrica del mondo, ma detiene quasi il completo monopolio dell’estrazione, al 70%, e della lavorazione, al 90%, delle terre rare e dei minerali criticI. Questi materiali, pur non essendo rari in assoluto, richiedono processi di estrazione complessi, costosissimi e altamente inquinanti che l’Occidente ha delegato alla Cina per decenni.”

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