The United States, on behalf of Israel, is now putting significant resources into sending out teams of masked men to arrest students who have protested or written about the genocide in Gaza. Is the US-based International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social still too coy to say anything?
26.03.2025 20:13 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
An authoritarian security community in mainland Southeast Asia: regional dynamics in an actor-centred theory of transnational authoritarianism
This article presents a novel actor-centred theory of transnational authoritarianism that puts the nexus between security and authoritarianism at the heart of its explanation of how and why neighbo...
What role do transnational factors play in the decline of democracy in mainland Southeast Asia? Here I argue that its wrong to look only at China. Instead, we should note that Mekong states and their security forces put regime security ahead of traditional concerns. Article is free to download.
26.03.2025 01:10 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 2 π 1
After the grant was terminated by the federal government, RFA Khmer no longer broadcasts its full show but instead news briefs.
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Rethinking Colonial Legacies across Southeast Asia
Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Rethinking Colonial Legacies across Southeast Asia
The latest Element in Politics & Society in SE Asia is out: Diana Kim's "Rethinking Colonial Legacies across SE Asia"! Kim explores the significance & legacies of Japan's WWII occupation of SE Asia for understanding colonial legacies. Download FREE through 2 April.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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This is mostly a LinkedIn thing, but getting a little tired of people arguing it's time to have a "conversation" on "reimagining" foreign assistance when there are literally thousands of people dying right now.
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"My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law."
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For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countriesβmany under authoritarian ruleβwhere reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.
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BREAKINGβThe United States Institute of Peace (USIP) office was just on lockdown for close to an hour while members of the DOGE team tried to enter the building, multiple people have told me. Security has now escorted out remaining staffers whoβve been told to telework until further notice.
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While relocating to Bangkok (thanks to the Cambodian government) I've not had chance to share the stories that I've been reading in between trying to assemble furniture, calm two antsy cats and adapt to a whole new country, culture and language on the fly.
Here's a rundown of what caught my eye:
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Thailand Charges 100 For Involvement in Online Fraud Operations
The group were among 119 Thai nationals detained during a raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet last week.
Thai authorities have arrested and charged 100 Thai nationals for their involvement in transnational call center scams operating from Cambodia.
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CAMBODIA: Huione Pay, the banking arm of whatβs been called worldβs βlargest ever illicit online marketplace,β stripped of banking license by National Bank of Cambodia for noncompliance, writes @jackadamovicdavies.bsky.social for RFA. www.rfa.org/english/camb...
06.03.2025 23:38 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: βAll malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments β terminated.β
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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Cambodia-China Step Up War on Online Fraud
PHNOM PENH – Following crackdowns on the Thailand-Myanmar border cyber-scams, China's Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi met leader...
Following crackdowns on the Thailand-Myanmar border cyber-scams, China's Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi met leaders in Cambodia to increase cooperation against call-center fraud and human trafficking.
26.02.2025 13:46 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Visiting Cambodia's coastal casino city
News #254: Bali overdevelopment, rebuilding a former CIA airport in Laos, Selangor railway, proposed merger of Bangkok bus terminals, Hanoi Metro Line 5
Future Southeast Asia Newsletter No. 254:
- Visiting Cambodia's coastal casino city
- Bali overdevelopment
- Rebuilding a former CIA airport in Laos
- Selangor railway
- Proposed merger of Bangkok bus terminals,
- Hanoi Metro Line 5
news.futuresoutheastasia.com/p/26-februar...
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Call for papersΒ | Online influence operations and democracy in Southeast Asia
Call for papers! We are inviting scholars working on public opinion manipulation through social media in SEA to gather in Undip, Semarang in august, to discuss recent findings & steps forward. Do send your abstract by 15 April.
www.kitlv.nl/news/online-...
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Cambodia reports a new human death from H5N1 bird flu.
25.02.2025 23:34 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
the cover of my book, Authoritarians in the Academy
AUTHORITARIANS IN THE ACADEMY, out Aug 19.
I'm thrilled to share that my book about transnational repression in higher edβand the ways critics of authoritarian regimes face censorship and threats on campusβis available for pre-order with @hopkinspress.bsky.social.
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Thailandβs Cooperation With China on Cross-border Crime Comes at a Cost
The country has become an inhospitable place for foreign dissidents. The situation looks set to get worse.
My latest for The Diplomat: The further #Thailand goes toward joint cooperation with #China's Global Security Initiative (#GSI), the worse it will get for dissidents in Southeast Asia and beyond.
thediplomat.com/2025/02/thai...
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They really captured the bags under my eyes
13.02.2025 05:46 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
War crimes are bold & proposing war crimes requires courage & vision.
17.02.2025 06:52 β π 20 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
A federal judge, Amir H. Ali, ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid spending halted in Trumpβs first week, ruling that the freeze was based on dubious logic and likely causing irreparable harm to aid groups facing financial shortfalls and potential shutdowns.
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Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at The Australian National University. Gender, political behaviour, and sometimes, Australian politics. QuΓ©bΓ©coise en Australie.
Tracking online scam & gambling operations in Southeast Asia and beyond. Documenting human trafficking & other human rights abuses. Exposing perpetrators. https://cyberscammonitor.substack.com/
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