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The 2025 year for Taiwan’s resilience and defence: A new threshold crossed in terms of external and domestic pressure • Maëlle Lefèvre
PDF The 2025 year for Taiwan’s resilience and defence Maëlle Lefèvre, researcher at Asia Centre, publishes a new analysis on

When the temples are still bleeding: Thailand-Cambodia, a war of memories • Arnaud Leveau, PhD
PDF | Thailand-Cambodia, a war of memories When the temples are still bleeding: Thailand-Cambodia, a war of memories By Arnaud Leveau

Prix Asia Centre 2025 | Chinese Mongolian Diplomatic Relations • Thomas Mikan
PDF | Chinese Mongolian Diplomatic Relations Chinese Mongolian Diplomatic Relations Thomas Mikan was selected among the ten shortlisted essays to

Digital Aesthetics: How China Employs Digital Authoritarian Methods to Control Personal Expression Online • Kristýna Kociànovà
PDF | Digital Aesthetics Digital Aesthetics: How China Employs Digital Authoritarian Methods to Control Personal Expression Online Kristýna Kociànovà was

From Low to High Profile: How Xi Jinping Fulfilled Deng Xiaoping’s Foreign Policy Legacy • Jakub Bryksy and Solène Simard
PDF | From Low to High Profile From Low to High Profile: How Xi Jinping Fulfilled Deng Xiaoping’s Foreign Policy

Asia Sparks | Unravelling Illegal Online Lending in Indonesia’s Digital Economy • Wesley I. Romain
PDF | Unravelling Illegal Online Lending in Indonesia’s Digital Economy Unravelling Illegal Online Lending in Indonesia’s Digital Economy Wesley Issey

China in Middle East Security: Between Diplomacy and Military • Francisco Javier Montilla Aguilera
PDF | China in Middle East Security China in Middle East Security: Between Diplomacy and Military Francisco Javier Montilla Aguilera

Pragmatism Behind Performance: Italy’s Engagement and Disengagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative • René Neumann & Melania El Khayat
PDF | Pragmatism Behind Performance Pragmatism Behind Performance: Italy’s Engagement and Disengagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative René Neumann

Financial Soft Power? Perceptions of Capital Account Liberalisation in China • Amelia Zajączkowska
PDF | Financial Soft Power? Amelia Zajączkowska was awarded fourth prize of Prix Asia Centre for its essay “Financial Soft

South Korea’s Pragmatic Turn: President Lee Jae-Myung and the Recalibration of Foreign Policy in 2025 • Arnaud Leveau, PhD
PDF | South Korea’s Pragmatic Turn | Arnaud Leveau, PhD South Korea’s Pragmatic Turn: President Lee Jae-Myung and the Recalibration

Chinese Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping: The Foreign Policy Function of Chinese Private Security Companies • Nicolas Mesa
PDF | The Foreign Policy Function of Chinese PSCs Nicolas Mesa was awarded third prize of Prix Asia Centre for

China’s Approach to the Law of the Sea A Maritime Power Instrumentalizing International Norms • Aroun Anissa, Collignon Justine, Issolah Mila
PDF | China’s Approach to the Law of the Sea Anissa Aroun, Justine Collignon and Mila Issolah were awarded second prize