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Code Wars: Where Tech meets Geopolitics • Jean-Baptiste Monnier
PDF Code Wars, 2025 – 02 Where Tech meets Geopolitics Jean-Baptiste Monnier, PhD VP Digital Governance Asia Centre jb.monnier@asiacentre.eu DeepSeek,

Mauritius between India, China and the World • Jean-Pierre Cabestan & Alistair Cole
PDF Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong Baptist University and Senior Researcher at Asia Centre in Paris, and Alistair Cole,

[Asia Sparks] China-Taiwan Tensions as illustrated by “DiploMatrix” tracking methodology • Pauline Geyer & François Issard
PDF Pauline Geyer, sparker at Asia Centre, coached by François Issard, researcher at Asia Centre, published a paper analysing China-Taiwan

The resilience of the Taiwanese democracy challenged from the outside and the inside – A look back at William Lai term’s beginning during the 2024 year • Maëlle Lefèvre
PDF Maëlle Lefèvre, researcher at Asia Centre, published an article examining the challenges to Taiwan’s democratic resilience in 2024, marked by

Chinese official lending, infrastructure development and bilateral political alignment: The case of Africa
PDF Chinese official lending, infrastructure development and bilateral political alignment: The case of Africa We are pleased to announce that

Marcos-Duterte: The Epilogue of a Dynastic Alliance • Wesley Issey Romain
Read the analysis here. Wesley Issey Romain is a Sparker in the making at Asia Centre. This program aims to

Is Taiwan a democracy like the others? Female Power in Taiwanese Politics • Pauline Geyer
PDF Pauline Geyer is a sparker at Asia Centre. This program aims to coach young specialists of Asia and allow

Exploring the depth of Indian multilateralism • Pooja Jain Grégoire
PDF Through this analysis, Pooja Jain Grégoire, Research Fellow at Asia Centre dives into Indian multilateralism. Her paper explores Indian

Mongolian game on the geopolitical chessboard or the comprehensive national power of Mongolia
PDF Through this analysis, Dashtseren Batchimeg dives into the Mongolian game. This paper offers a complete panorama of Mongolia’s geopolitics,

Chinese Timing: Why Xi Delayed the Third Plenum • Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Following the publication of his article on the “Two Sessions” (Lianghui) of March 2024 (annual plenary meeting of the National

The Two Sessions (march 2024) • Jean-Pierre Cabestan
PDF Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a renowned sinologist and associate researcher at Asia Centre, recently authored a policy brief as part of

Scholz in China – Big Gestures, Small Effects?
PDF Our German intern, Pauline Geyer, sheds light on the recent visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to China, offering