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

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

Nicholas Farrelly
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

Giuseppe Gabusi
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

Origini storico-politiche ed evoluzione della crisi dei Rohingya

Han Ka
Indo-Pacific

Cinque anni fa, parallelamente all’avvio della transizione politica in Myanmar, un’esplosione di violenza tra buddisti e musulmani ha travolto lo Stato Rakhine (o Arakan)....   Read More

Aug 2, 2017

Ritorno in Myanmar

Indo-Pacific RISE

[IT] A distanza di diciotto mesi, RISE ritorna in Myanmar. Lo fa con un numero doppio rispetto alle solite dimensioni della rivista, un riflesso del particolare interesse di ricerca che T.wai nutre per questo Paese del Sud-est asiatico. Avevamo lasciato il Myanmar subito dopo le elezioni del novembre 2015, e…

Aug 2, 2017
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Fine-tuning Myanmar’s so-called ‟ethnic conflict”: a side note to the 21st Century Panglong Conference

Karin Dean
Indo-Pacific T.notes

The 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference attests to the most contemporary relevance of the country’s historic planning by exploiting the name Panglong in its title. Yet, what this will entail for the future of ethnic nationalities in contemporary Myanmar is still unclear.

Jul 28, 2017

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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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