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#openaccess journal on the politics of Southeast Asia- published by @giga-hamburg.de and @sagepub.com.

Editors: @buente.bsky.social
And Andreas Ufen

Webpage: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/saa
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Mass Protests in #Indonesia: What is happening in the country right now? Who is protesting, and why? #GIGA researcher Adhiraaj Anand puts these turbulent events in context.

➡️ Read the GIGA Insight here: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/ma...
September 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🔔 New #OpenAccess Article in #JCSEA Journal of Current Southeast Affairs @giga-hamburg.de

CR Bonoan and B. Dressel explain why we have seen no charter change, although we have seen constant constitutional debates in the #Phillippines in the last 30 years.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Constitutional Change and Oligarchic Politics in the Philippines, 1987–2024 - Cristina Regina Bonoan, Björn Dressel, 2025
Following the end of the Marcos dictatorship (1965–1986), the 1987 Constitution was adopted to safeguard democratic governance. Since then, the Philippines has ...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Find the new issue of the journal of current southeast Asian affairs now online - a special issue on #Thailand and its 2023 elections, guest editors Aim Sinpeng and Greg Raymond
August 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How does China react to local criticism of it belt and road projects? Read Debbie Sze Wan Chan’ s insightful analysis of three case studies from Myanmar: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Public Engagement in Belt and Road Projects in Myanmar: Reform or Rhetoric? - Debby Sze Wan Chan, 2025
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) embodies Beijing's global ambitions. Social opposition to BRI projects in host countries, however, undermines China'...
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July 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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July 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New open access article online! Find @tompepinsky.com new article, in which he traces #Indonesias democratic decline to the interaction of electoral rules, presidential politics and political cleavages. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Cleavages, Institutions, and Democracy in Indonesia: The 2024 Elections in Comparative Perspective - Thomas B. Pepinsky, 2025
Indonesian democracy is characterised by large governing coalitions and a dominant presidency, coupled with weak parties with few programmatic differences. Thes...
journals.sagepub.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
New open access article on Indonesia and the South China Sea - Halimah Dewi Irawan and Paul Carnegie analyse President Jokowi’s Policy response to china’s increasing pressures journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Different Strokes: Indonesian Statecraft in the North Natuna Sea - Halimah Dewi Irawan, Paul J. Carnegie, 2025
In recent years, tensions in the South China Sea have intensified with overlapping claims and strategic rivalries. China's expansive nine-dash line has eve...
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June 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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#SouthKorea’s 2024 self-coup attempt marked its gravest #DemocraticCrisis in decades. In this #GIGAFocus, Kyunghyun Ro, Aurel Croissant & David Kuehn analyse how South Korea’s democracy was challenged and saved.

➡️ Read here: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...
The 2024 Self-Coup in South Korea: Democracy Challenged and Saved
South Korea’s 2024 self-coup attempt marked its gravest democratic crisis in decades. The brief imposition of martial law exposed deep flaws in civil–military relations and elite polarisation – yet al...
www.giga-hamburg.de
May 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
New open access article online! Birgit Bräuchler exposes the politics behind “Golden Indonesia 2045” - using ethnographic research in Indonesia, it shows how activists and environmental journalists challenge the state’s narrative of a supposedly green agenda. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism - Birgit Bräuchler, 2025
By 2045, the government wants Indonesia to be a developed country, with sustainable economic development and energy transition at the top of the agenda on the r...
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs is @bsky.app now!

We are #OpenAccess journal @giga-hamburg.de publishing original research on current developments and emerging topics in Southeast Asia. Follow us on this channel for news and newest online articles.
May 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM