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Videos | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. What kind of question is that? A view from a European. In this short video, Dr Florian Schneider suggests that many European see Asia as a ‘projection space.’ He then goes on to add how he believes Asia should be treated as a ‘method’ and explains how Europe could learn much from the region. Two Metaphors for What Is Asia? Mark Stevenson Curry is Lecturer in political science at De La Salle University in Manila. In considering the topic, What is Asia? December 28, 2015.
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Ukraine as a Solution: Rethinking “living with Russia” for the EU | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. Ukraine as a Solution: Rethinking living with Russia for Europe. April 28, 2014. Nineteen years after the fall of the Berlin War, a new ‘Twenty Years Crisis’ is looming over Europe, in the wake of the Russia-Georgia conflict. The end of the EU-NATO nexus. The expansion of NATO, which has always been and will remain a U.S.-centric alliance in perpetual need of an enemy, serves Europe’s core interests only sometimes. Under the strategy of preserving primacy, America regard...
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Anglo-American Special Relationship & the Ukraine crisis | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. In With the Old, Out With the New. September 3, 2014. The revival of the Anglo-American Special Relationship over the Ukraine crisis. In the context of the worst security crisis Europe has had since the end of the Cold War, policy-makers would do well to reassess the idea of Anglo-Americanism as a means of providing security and political unity on the eastern borders of the European Union. The problem with the EU. For a very long time, NATO has provided the security comp...
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Andrei Cazacu | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. Andrei Cazacu is an MA student at Groningen University, the Netherlands. He is currently spending time at Osaka School of International Public Policy as part of the Double Degree Programme between Osaka University and Groningen University. Author Archive Andrei Cazacu. In With the Old, Out With the New. September 3, 2014. Taiwan’s NGO policy: Lessons for Asia. December 28, 2015. A Plea To All. August 12, 2015. Who’s the Real Threat to Japan? April 28, 2015. March 19, 2015.
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Is Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev the Lee Kwan Yew of Central Asia? | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. Is Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev the Lee Kwan Yew of Central Asia? March 19, 2015. Ahead of a snap presidential election in which he hinted that he was inclined to step down but remain in an advisory function, much like Lee did in 1990. Despite the rhetoric and cosmetic moves to transform the country into the Singapore of Central Asia , Nazarbayev has significantly less to show for his nearly quarter century in power. Last year’s steep drop in oil prices highlighted how expose...
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Op-eds | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. Taiwan’s NGO policy: Lessons for Asia. December 28, 2015. Nowadays the international community hears about the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the context of cross-strait relations and the up-coming Presidential election. Taiwan today is a country that not only inherits ancient Chinese culture and art, including the original system of traditional hieroglyphs (unlike the simplified version used in mainland China) for their script, but […]. A Plea To All. August 12, 2015.
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Express! | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. We welcome contributions in principle from young(er) professionals in their 20s to 40s from all parts of the world (scholars, researchers, journalists and practitioners) interested in writing on topics that concern Asia. Send us an email:. Send a copy of this email to yourself. If you want to submit this form, do not enter anything in this field. Taiwan’s NGO policy: Lessons for Asia. December 28, 2015. A Plea To All. August 12, 2015. Who’s the Real Threat to Japan?
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Essays | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. Internationalization of National Universities in Japan: Critical Reflections. October 24, 2014. Law, Conflict and Airspace: Understanding Air Defense Identification Zones. Christopher K. Lamont. January 17, 2014. Reconsidering Land Reform and Agricultural Policy in Japan. October 30, 2013. This essay seeks to add land relations with a particular emphasis on the consequences of Japan’s post-1945 land reform program to the more recent discussion on ‘human security’ (or non...
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MultiLineal | Open Asia
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Thoughts and opinions about Asia. The genesis of OpenAsia is with the Multilineal Project with Leiden University in the Netherlands (2010-2012) that was sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). We are grateful to JSPS for the project and supporting the idea of OpenAsia. Japan Society for the promotion of Science (JSPS). Multi-lineality in the International System: An East Asian Perspective. With the establishment of the OSIPP Online Frontier Forum, which allows participation by...
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