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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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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · Sep 3
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...
Visual "Mass Protests in Indonesia: Resistance against Authoritarian Tendencies"
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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · Aug 19
🔔 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.

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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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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · Aug 5
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
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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · Aug 5
New issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs out! This special issue is about #Thailand2023Elections: Surprising results from 14 May polls, later challenged by conservative manoeuvres. Insightful analyses inside!

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New Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 2/2025
This special issue is about Thailand's 2023 elections. Its articles dissect the diverse factors driving the surprising results seen in the 14 May polls. Prima facie, impressively liberal outcomes were...
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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · Jul 22
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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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · Jul 11
Happy to keep a strong impact factor of 1,7…
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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · Jul 10
📈 GIGA Journals @jplaeditor.bsky.social, @africaspectrum.bsky.social, and @current-sea-aff.bsky.social continue to gain international recognition with rising Impact Factors. A big thank-you to our editorial teams! 👏

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GIGA Journals with Strong Upwards Trend in Impact Factors
The recently published “Impact Factors 2024” by the specialist company Clarivate Analytics once again demonstrate the academic excellence of the GIGA Journal Family. The Journal of Politics in Latin A...
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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · Jun 13
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...
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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · Jun 7
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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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · May 8
#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.

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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...
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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · Jun 2
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...
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JCSEA-Affairs @current-sea-aff.bsky.social · May 21
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.
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