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Indonesia and West Papua Relations – (Long) Road to Move Forward?
By Abid A. Adonis, external author for Asia Centre. The Severe Past The West Papua question has held a controversial dynamic

Why the EU lacks behind China in AI development – Analysis and solutions to enhance EU’s AI strategy
By Thomas L. Oomen, Junior Researcher at Asia Centre. Abstract With data availability exponentially increasing in the coming years, artificial

Prayuth and the Art of Survival
By Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher at Asia Centre. On Tuesday the 16th of February, 2021, the opposition parties in Thailand

Looking Ahead, Southeast Asia After the Coup d’État in Myanmar
By Hadrien T. Saperstein, Researcher at Asia Centre. The Coup d’État in Myanmar On the 1st of February, 2021, the

Ominous breaking news coming out of Myanmar
By Romain Caillaud, principal of the consulting firm SIPA Partners and a researcher associated with the Singaporean think tank ISEAS.

Thailand: The Making of a Near-Antarctic State
Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher for Asia Centre, specialising in maritime strategic thought and strategic foresight analysis for the Indo-Pacific region,

Micronesia in Service to an American ‘Indo-Pacific’ Policy
Christian Lechervy, Permanent Secretary for the Pacific from 2014 to 2018, published a new article in the Outre-Terre review, in

Thailand’s Draft National Space Act: Legal Developments in the Registration System and Space Debris Mitigation Measures
Pimtawan Nidhi-u-tai* and Lalin Kovudhikulrungsri** Introduction In October 2020, the National Space Policy Committee (NSPC) finally approved the Draft National

Thailand’s Smaller-State Space Power Amid Great-Power Competition in the Space Domain
Hadrien T. Saperstein[1] and Loris Cera[2] Abstract: After a brief discussion on the transition from the first to second space

Announcement: Thailand Joins the Space Race…!
Hadrien T. Saperstein, researcher at Asia Centre. On the 16th of December, 2020, the Minister of Higher Education, Sciences, Research

China’s foreign and security policy institutions and decision-making under Xi Jinping
Jean-Pierre Cabestan, professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, member of the Orientation Board of Asia Centre, and responsible for East

Summary of the webinar about EU-ROK relation and cooperation
Compte Rendu: “EU-Korea Convergences and partnerships 10 years after the EU-Korea FTA, in the post Covid era and within the