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Russia and Myanmar – Friends in Need?

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
To date, few political scientists have researched the political, economic, and social relationships between Russia and Myanmar. The two countries, which at first glance may seem to have little in common, have intensified their cooperation in recent years.
Ludmila Lutz-Auras
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Towards a More Democratic Regime and Society? The Politics of Faith and Ethnicity in a Transitional Multi-Ethnic Malaysia

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2013
The rising antagonistic attitudes and tension between the Malay majority and ethnic and religious minorities in Malaysia since 2007 is intriguing because it has occurred when society experienced an unprecedentedly large-scale and assertive multi-ethnic ...
Kikue Hamayotsu
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Synthesis and Characterization of Polycarbonate Copolymers Containing Benzoyl Groups on the Side Chain for Scratch Resistance

open access: yesInternational Journal of Polymer Science, 2016
The purpose of this study was to enhance the scratch resistance of polycarbonate copolymer by using 3,3′-dibenzoyl-4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl (DBHP) monomer, containing benzoyl moieties on the ortho positions.
Hohyoun Jang   +8 more
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Regional Security in East Asia: ASEAN’s Value Added and Limitations

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
This paper considers ASEAN’s value added and limitations as regards its ability to play a meaningful and practical security role in East Asia and the Asia Pacific.
Alice D. Ba
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Vietnamese Civic Organisations: Supporters of or Obstacles to Further Democratisation? Results from an Empirical Survey

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2016
In political science and in development cooperation, civic organisations (COs) under authoritarian rule are usually seen as supporters of processes that move towards democratisation. However, these organisations are sometimes criticised for their support
Jörg Wischermann   +2 more
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The European Union’s Myanmar Policy: Focused or Directionless?

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2015
What is the European Union (EU) trying to achieve in Myanmar? Is the EU speaking with one voice and acting collectively (and does it really matter)? Were the sanctions lifted too early?
Jörn Dosch, Jatswan S. Sidhu
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Thai Electoral Campaigning: Vote-Canvassing Networks and Hybrid Voting

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2010
Based on evidence gathered through participant observation, this article illuminates the nature of vote-canvassing, previously a black box in Thai electoral studies.
Anyarat Chattharakul
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