CETRI
| Titre | East Asia Forum |
|---|---|
| Langue | anglais |
| Pays, continent | Australie |
| Editeur | Shiro Armstrong et Peter Drysdale |
| Périodicité | 2x/jour |
| Editions | électronique |
| Site web | http://www.eastasiaforum.org/ |
actualites
What will come after the July massacre in Bangladesh ?
Saimum Parvez 26/08/24
Bangladesh has experienced a dramatic uprising that led to the ousting of prime minister Sheikh Hasina after intense protests against government job quotas, resulting in over 450 deaths amid a brutal crackdown on demonstrators. An interim (...)
Thai court takes the reins to preserve the reign
William J Jones 26/08/24
Thailand’s Constitutional Court dissolved the Move Forward Party and removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office, signalling resistance to reform and solidifying the current political, economic, and social status quo. The court’s actions (...)
The revolutionary whirlwind widens in Myanmar
Renaud Egreteau 02/02/23
Three decades on from the nationwide uprising in Myanmar in 1988, the country has been shaken by another whirlwind of contention against military rule. Yet this time it has widened into a revolutionary uproar, which has not abated since the army (...)
Another year of military dictatorship in Thailand
Kevin Hewison 18/12/18
Monarchy, military and preparations for an election dominated Thailand’s politics this year, as they have since the 2014 coup. General Prayuth Chan-ocha and his junta continued to repress their political opponents, while making the military’s (...)
China’s agricultural reform grows bolder
Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle 12/09/18
The past 40 years of development and reform have profoundly changed China’s agricultural and rural areas. Annual growth of real agricultural GDP averaged 4.5 per cent during this time. China, with nearly 20 per cent of the world’s population but (...)
Malaysia’s road to democratic reform
Donald L Horowitz 28/08/18
For the first time in the history of Malaysia, the opposition has defeated a sitting government at the polls. During the long rule of the Barisan Nasional (BN), Malaysia suffered serious degradation of its legal and political institutions, and (...)
Early hurdles for Pakistan’s new government
Michael Kugelman 01/08/18
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the country’s 2018 national election on 25 July. PTI leader Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, is likely to achieve his long-time dream of serving as Pakistan’s prime minister. In a speech on 26 (...)
New violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka has old roots
Pravin Prakash 30/03/18
On 5 March 2018, the Sri Lankan government mandated a state of emergency for ten days following riots and a wave of targeted violence against Muslims in the city of Kandy. The latest episode took place after a Sinhalese Buddhist truck driver (...)
Who is in control of Indonesia ?
Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir 04/09/17
Civilian militias and other societal groups that can exercise violence with legitimacy are proliferating throughout Indonesia. So far two dominant perspectives have been used to explain this phenomenon. The first argues that vigilantism and (...)
Why New Delhi needs to talk to Kashmiris
Nishank Motwani 19/06/17
On 9 April, India’s by-election for the Srinagar parliamentary constituency of Jammu and Kashmir state was marred by violent protests at 150 polling centres, leading to the deaths of eight people. This violence, along with the voter turnout of a (...)