Thailand
Scholarly Publications
Crossing Heaven's Border
February 2015
From 2007 to 2011 South Korean filmmaker and newspaper reporter Hark Joon Lee lived among North Korean defectors in China, filming an award-winning documentary on their struggles.
The Institutional Imperative: The Politics of Equitable Development in Southeast Asia
August 2011
Why do some countries in the developing world achieve growth with equity, while others do not?
Recalibration of the Framingham Equations in the Thai Population
April 2011
We derived equations for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks for Thai men and women, separately, over a specific time period using associations between risk factors and CVD events from...
Other Publications
ASEAN @ 50, Southeast Asia @ Risk: What Should Be Done?
January 2018
In October 2017, twenty-two scholars from eight countries attended a workshop titled “ASEAN @ 50, Southeast Asia @ Risk: What should be done?” The workshop was designed to facilitate a frank and...
News
APARC Delegation Visits Hanoi and Bangkok
December 2019
Southeast Asia, home to over 640 million people across 10 countries, is one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest growing regions.
Video Interview with Postdoctoral Fellow Ketian Zhang
April 2019
We sat down with our 2018-19 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow in Contemporary Asia Ketian Zhang to discuss China's use of coercion in foreign policy; her research on South China Sea disputes; her...
New Publication Addresses Challenges ASEAN Faces at 50
January 2018
In October 2017, twenty-two scholars from eight countries attended a workshop titled “ASEAN @ 50, Southeast Asia @ Risk: What should be done?” The workshop was designed to facilitate a frank and...
Events
China Drives into the Future: Automotive Upgrading in East Asia Today
May 22, 2014
China’s giant automobile market continues to grow robustly, but its once thriving domestic producers have lost ground recently to global auto giants such as Volkswagen and GM.
Burma's Democracy: How Real?
March 6, 2014
The opening up of Myanmar (Burma) and the steps undertaken taken toward political reform in that formerly isolated dictatorship have been among Asia's most dramatic and least expected events. But...
Southeast Asia in the Year of the Horse: Issues and Prospects for 2014-15
January 14, 2014
The Year of the Horse will run (so to speak) from 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015.
Projects
Understanding Muslim Minorities in Asia - The Inter-relationship of Socio-economic Status, Identity, and Politics
The objective of this seminar series is to explain the forces and factors behind the persistent decline in the social, political, and economic status of many Muslim minorities in Asia—including in...
English
Multimedia
The South China Sea: What is to be Done?
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC China Program seminar, "The South China Sea: What is to be Done?", on March 8, 2017, with Donald K.
Thailand's Long Endgame: Crises, Coups, Prospects
January 2017
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "Thailand’s Long Endgame: Crises, Coups, Prospects," with Thitinan Pongsudhirak on Oct.
Thailand's China Policy: Succumbing to Soft Power or Bending with the Wind?
November 2016
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program event, "Thailand's China Policy: Succumbing to Soft Power or Bending with the Wind?" on Nov.
