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Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, will deliver the keynote address at the 12th IISS Asia Security Summit (1), also called the Shangri-La Dialogue, which will convene in Singapore from 31 May to Jun 2. The meeting is “a Track One security summit which brings together defense ministers, armed forces’ commanders, and the most senior [...]

L’Europa zoppica, gli Stati Uniti arrancano, l’Africa resta ancora un mistero—almeno vista dalla nostra penisola—mentre l’Asia corre. Troppo generico? Forse, ma a ben guardare e’ questo il profilo economico globale che spesso viene descritto. Ognuno ha le sue ricette, altri sperimentano, la maggior parte paga la scelta di politiche dissennate, mentre il continente asiatico continua [...]

Quick: what do ping-pong, baseball and basketball have in common? Of course they are all sports, but the point is: they are sports used at crucial times in contemporary history for major US diplomatic offensives. It was after some ping-pong matches – until then unheard of – that in the early 1970s the American administration stretched a

La notte tra il 9 e il 10 febbraio del calendario solare segna in questo 2013 l’ingresso nell’anno Quy Ty, ovvero del Serpente Nero. Caratterizzato dal principio agente Thuy (Acqua am, ovvero yin), il Serpente ne assume la colorazione nera e le caratteristiche acquatiche. Incantevoli nella loro spiritualità, dall’astrologia Vietnamita, così come da quella Cinese, i [...]

The Mekong is at risk. The world’s 12th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia, vital for millions of people living in Tibet, China’s Yunnan province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam is threatened by the energy needs of the South East Asian region. China began to build its first dam on the Mekong River in [...]

Rivers as lymph vessels, nurturing the Earth, giving life to flora and fauna, shaping wondrous landscapes. Perhaps more than in other parts of the world, in South East Asia they are essential lifelines, transport lanes, harvesting basins, commerce routes, vital and unique ecosystems securing food and energy supplies for local communities and a sizeable part [...]

Campaign video for the International Day to End Impunity, 23 November 2012 - www.seapabkk.org Overview of impunity related incidents in 2012 in Southeast Asia Impunity can be broadly defined as non-accountability for actions that violate rights. This means individual perpetrators escape or are exempt from punishment or prosecution, perhaps due to the absence of rule of [...]

Ci risiamo. Ripartenze, visti, linee di viaggio, percorsi, lingue, valute, lacrime e sorrisi. Qualcosa cambia e altro resta immutato e in attesa. Un’attesa fatta di programmi, aspettative e parole che possono saltare in qualunque momento. A volte si ha l’impressione che la Storia e gli eventi abbiano una fine e un inizio con la scomparsa [...]