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Journalism Award Recipient Depicts Myanmar's Return into Darkness

Our 2021 award recipient, Burmese journalist and Myanmar Now's Editor-in-Chief Swe Win, discusses Myanmar's post-coup assault on the free press, in conversation with Stanford's Eileen Donahoe and Scot Marciel.

Watch the award keynote and discussion

AUKUS Is Deeper Than Just Submarines

AUKUS's purpose is to seize advantages in defense-related R&D and win the technology competition with China through a new approach to U.S alliances, writes South Asia Research Scholar Arzan Tarapore.

Read the essay

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Applications for APARC's 2022-23 Postdoctoral Fellowships Now Open

The Center offers postdoctoral fellowships on contemporary Japan, contemporary Asia broadly defined, and health or healthcare policy in the region, a fellowship for experts on Southeast Asia.

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