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Founded in 2005, Asia Centre is an independent research institute that holds debates and issues publications on matters relating to international, strategic, economic relations, as well as the political and social transformations underway in the Asia-Pacific region. At the crossroads of university research as well as public and private decision-making, Asia Centre researchers identify critical regional issues and analyse them in-depth, taking into consideration both local and global dimensions. Asia Centre’s programs are developed with a vast network of partners, companies and major specialist centres in Europe, North America and Asia. The Centre carries out joint operations with these groups, for a better interpretation of ideas and issues. The conclusions of these meetings, such as the results of the work carried out using original sources by our researchers, are widely distributed through the Centre’s publications as well as through international journals, books and media.

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Marcos-Duterte: The Epilogue of a Dynastic Alliance • Wesley Issey Romain

10 July 2024 No Comments

Read the analysis here. Wesley Issey Romain is a Sparker in the making at Asia Centre. This program aims to coach young specialists of Asia and allow them to post

Is Taiwan a democracy like the others? Female Power in Taiwanese Politics • Pauline Geyer

12 June 2024 No Comments

PDF Pauline Geyer is a sparker at Asia Centre. This program aims to coach young specialists of Asia and allow them to post analysis for Asia Centre. Pauline’s paper dives

Exploring the depth of Indian multilateralism • Pooja Jain Grégoire

4 June 2024 No Comments

PDF Through this analysis, Pooja Jain Grégoire, Research Fellow at Asia Centre dives into Indian multilateralism. Her paper explores Indian Multilateralism through two main aspects : firstly the evolution from

Memo – Southeast Asia and the BRI – Annual Seminar

Memo of the annual seminar of the Observatory, 21 January, 2019, in partnership with Irsem. With Prof. Jay Batongbacal (University of the Philippines, Institute for Maritime Affairs and law of the Sea), Dr Vannarith Chheang (ISEAS-NTU-AVI), Emmanuel Dubois de Prisque (Institut Thomas More), Dr Juliette Genevaz (IRSEM), Bruno Hellendorf (Egmont Institute & European Policy Centre), Dr Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux (University Rennes 2).

Compte-rendu par Tom Eisenchteter

Myth versus reality. Enthusiasm versus suspicion. Investment versus debt. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) provokes mixed feelings among the Southeast Asian leaders and population. More importantly, it impacts national strategies as the Chinese initiative can be seen as a deus exmachina to eventually support old projects. Is it thus a true ‘win-win’ situation, as Xi Jinping stated? In every country, the reactions are far from being simple as they are at the crossroads of the military, political and business elites, laying between national and local interests and stretching from nationalism to the critical need for infrastructure.

Introduction
Malaysia on the Belt and Road again
ASEAN and Cambodia’s loose alignment with China
The Belt and Road Initiative and the Transforming International Order: a Philippine Perspective
Indonesia and the BRI
Concluding Remarks: France in all that