The recent crisis in the Taiwan Strait has led some to focus on high politics as the likely future of US-China relations. What do Beijing’s and Washington’s actions portend for “new economic statecraft” – state intervention to influence trade, finance, investment and industrial policy, rather than the traditional focus on economic statecraft that emphasizes policies related to economic sanctions?
While the first decades of the 21st century have seen a return to hegemonic powers, Vietnam has been recognized by many as an emerging regional middle power, one that has recently been able to affirm its political stand and diplomatically maintain esteemed relations with countries that are at odds between them, in particular the US and China.
Vietnamese Geo-economic in a Polarized Global Economy with Dr. Tung Bui
The talk focuses on Shan male migrant sex workers from Myanmar who engage in selling sex to gay men clients in Chiang Mai, Thailand. As most of Shan male sex workers identify themselves as heterosexual men, I attempt to understand how selling sex to gay men affects their masculinity and how they redefine and reconstruct their masculinities devalued by selling sex to men.
Masculinity for Sale: Shan Migrant Male Sex Workers in Chiang Mai and the Performance of Manhood
With rapid and diverse transformations taking place across Southeast Asia, the conditions of smallholder farming and fishing are increasingly coming into question. From different disciplinary vantage points, this webinar brings together a diverse group of panelists to discuss emerging challenges to smallholder livelihoods.
Join us for our first Careers in Asia-Pacific webinar series with Keith Bettinger. Dr. Keith is currently the Senior Technical Director for Climate Change for DT Global, a leading international development firm that designs and implements projects for bilateral aid agencies and multilateral financial institutions around the world.
Careers in Southeast Asian Studies with Dr. Keith Bettinger
Damming Rivers in Cambodia: Impacts of Water-Grabbing on Land and Resource Access March 1, 2023 An increasing number of dams have been built and proposed in Cambodia over the last decade to feed the increasing demand for energy that accompanies growing urbanization.
Engaging across disciplines and case studies from Southeast Asia, this webinar panel discussion centers migration as an entry point into understanding dynamic landscapes and livelihoods. Complex and varied, seasonal and long term, rural to urban, or distant and across borders, migration not only reshapes places of origin but also remake destinations in distinct ways.
LuceSEA webinar: Migrations, labor, and smallholder livelihoods
Brisk urbanization and inadequate planning are exacerbating inequality and vulnerability in Asian cities. Being deprived of decent shelter and adequate services marginalizes millions, yet affordable and culturally apt housing for the poor in developing countries continues to be scant and disappearing fast. Surabaya, Indonesia, has been a global pioneer of participatory and incremental pro-poor shelter efforts.
With rapid and diverse transformations taking place across Southeast Asia, the conditions of smallholder farming and fishing are increasingly coming into question. From different disciplinary vantage points, this webinar brings together a diverse group of panelists to discuss emerging challenges to smallholder livelihoods.
