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Democracy Challenged: Donald Trump, Min Aung Hlaing, and Indonesia

The Myanmar Coup Is a Major Setback, but the Story of Myanmar's Struggle for Democracy Is Not Over

A Balance of Power: The Role of Vietnam’s Electoral and Legislative Institutions

APARC Offers Fellowship and Funding Opportunities to Support, Diversify Stanford Student Participation in Contemporary Asia Research

APARC Experts on the Outlook for U.S.-Asia Policy Under the Biden Administration

A Global Town Hall Welcomes America Back

Biden in Asia: America Together?

Donald Emmerson Outlines Southeast Asia's Need to Balance Regional Politics and Influnce from China

Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Tom Wright Recounts Story of Global Financial Scandal

APARC Announces 2021-22 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Emerging Scholars in Contemporary Asia, Japan, and Korea Studies
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A New Look at Cinema in Southeast Asia from Former LKC Fellow Gerald Sim

Call for Stanford Student Applications: APARC Hiring 2020-21 Research Assistants

Southeast Asia's Approach to China and the Future of the Region

New Book Analyzes the Dynamics of Inequality Between China and Southeast Asia

APARC Announces Diversity Grant to Support Underrepresented Minority Students Interested in Contemporary Asia

Strategy in the South China Sea

COVID-19 in the Philippines – at a Glance

FSI Hosts APARC Panel on COVID-19 Impacts in Asia

APARC Announces New Fellowship and Internship Opportunities for Stanford Students
Amid the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, students are facing summer internship cancelations and hiring freezes. They are left wondering about the long-term implications of the current crisis for their academic careers and their access to future jobs and valuable work experience.
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Meets with Stanford Experts
APARC’s Southeast Asia Program recently hosted the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Dan Kritenbrink, who joined faculty members from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and other Stanford experts for a roundtable discussion about U.S.-Vietnam relations and U.S. strategy in Southeast Asia.
APARC Names 2020-21 Postdoctoral Fellows
APARC is pleased to announce that two young scholars, Jeffrey Weng and Nhu Truong, have been selected as our 2020-21 Shorenstein postdoctoral fellows on contemporary Asia. They will begin their appointments at Stanford in autumn 2020.

APARC Delegation Visits Hanoi and Bangkok
Southeast Asia, home to over 640 million people across 10 countries, is one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest growing regions. APARC just concluded the year 2019 with a Center delegation visit to two Southeast Asian capital cities, Hanoi and Bangkok, where we spent an engaging week with stakeholders in the academic, policy, business, and Stanford alumni communities.
Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Maria Ressa Describes Philippine Broken Information Ecosystem, Democratic Recession
“This is an existential moment for global power structures, turned upside down by technology.
Video: Donald K. Emmerson on Strategic Thinking in Southeast Asia
Debating Artificial Intelligence: The Fox Versus the Hedgehog
Singapore has been described as “a thriving hub for artificial intelligence.” In May 2019, Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) released the first edition of “A Proposed Model AI Governance Framework.”