Indo-Pacific Program
Investigating the players, institutions and narratives driving political and economic dynamics across fast-emerging Asia

Indo-Pacific

Investigating the players, institutions and narratives driving political and economic dynamics across fast-emerging Asia

Opium and ‘Development’ in Myanmar: the political economy of a resurgent crop

Patrick Meehan
Indo-Pacific

Shan State is the source of over 95 percent of opium in Southeast Asia. Over the past three decades, demand for and addiction to opium derivatives has risen dramatically in the region, often with devastating effects for communities throughout Myanmar.

Aug 4, 2017
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Opium and ‘Development’ in Myanmar: the political economy of a resurgent crop

Patrick Meehan
Indo-Pacific T.notes

Shan State is the source of over 95 percent of opium in Southeast Asia. Over the past three decades, demand for and addiction to opium derivatives has risen dramatically in the region, often with devastating effects for communities throughout Myanmar.

Aug 4, 2017

L’indebolimento dell’autorità morale e politica della Lega Nazionale per la Democrazia

Nicholas Farrelly
Indo-Pacific

Sin dalla vittoria schiacciante ottenuta dalla Lega Nazionale per la Democrazia (NLD) nel novembre 2015, le discussioni sul futuro politico del Myanmar hanno preso...   Read More

Aug 2, 2017

Continuità e cambiamento nel Myanmar di Aung San Suu Kyi

Giuseppe Gabusi
Indo-Pacific

A partire dal 2011, la Repubblica dell’Unione del Myanmar ha affrontato un processo di trasformazione politica, economica, e militare. La prima trasformazione è senza...   Read More

Aug 2, 2017

Origini storico-politiche ed evoluzione della crisi dei Rohingya

Han Ka
Indo-Pacific

Cinque anni fa, parallelamente all’avvio della transizione politica in Myanmar, un’esplosione di violenza tra buddisti e musulmani ha travolto lo Stato Rakhine (o Arakan)....   Read More

Aug 2, 2017

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Indo-Pacific Experts

Michele Boario
Research Fellow
Michele Boario is a Research Fellow at T.wai and a Senior Economist at the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).
Gianluca Bonanno
Research Fellow
Gianluca Bonanno is a Research Fellow at T.wai and the President of the International Peace and Sustainability Organization (IPSO).
Francesco Buscemi
Research Fellow
Francesco Buscemi is Research Fellow at T.wai and researcher at ERIS Research Group, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
Anna Caffarena
Anna Caffarena is the former President of the Torino World Affairs Institute and a Professor of International Relations at the University of Torino.
Nicholas Farrelly
Research Fellow
Nicholas Farrelly is a Research Fellow at T.wai and a Professor and Head of Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania.
Giuseppe Gabusi
Head of Program
Giuseppe Gabusi is Head of T.wai’s Indo-Pacific Program and an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy and Political Economy of East Asia at the University of Torino.
Andrea Ghiselli
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University (Shanghai).
Pietro Masina
Research Fellow
Pietro Masina is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai and an Associate Professor of International Political Economy, History and Institutions of East Asia at the University of Naples “L'Orientale”.
Raimondo Neironi
Research Fellow
Raimondo Neironi is Research Fellow at T.wai and at the University of Cagliari.
Luca Sartorelli
Research Fellow
Luca Sartorelli is a Research Fellow at T.wai and Economic Development Expert at the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.

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