What ASEAN can Teach the EU
Southeast Asian nations are about to blow a big chance in their relations with the EU, according to an analysis by CISS member Kilian Spandler. In […]
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Women in Southeast Asia: 5 Young Professionals Share their Expertise in Bali Consultations
What’s the current situation of women in Southeast Asian politics and societies? Five authors of the Young Initiative on Foreign Affairs and International Relations (CISS)’s […]
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Conference Reflections: Regional Consultation on Gender Equality and Political Empowerment of Women
From 9 to 10 December, a delegation of 5 EUAP III participants joined a discussion forum on gender equality in the Asia-Pacific region organized jointly […]
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EU-ASEAN Action on Gender Equality: CISS Discusses with Experts and Policy-Makers
CISS’s group of young European and Southeast Asian experts called for more EU-ASEAN cooperation on promoting gender equality at two events in Brussels in November […]
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The new giant among regional organisations
On 24 June 2016, the day the EU started to implode, India and Pakistan joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The crossover between the events […]
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Working together to Achieve Gender Equality in Europe and Southeast Asia
While gender equality is a global issue, it manifests in different forms across the globe. Is there common ground for an interregional agenda to reduce […]
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China’s G20 Presidency: Three Avenues of Collaboration with Germany
Since December 2015, China holds the presidency of the G20, which will cumulate in the Hangzhou summit in September. At the recent G20 summit in […]
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China and North Korea: A strained Alliance
Recently, the Korean Peninsula has been marred with repeated tensions, as North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in early January and launched a long-range […]
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Elections in Myanmar – Right in the Middle as an Observer in Yangon
The local polling station in Yangon opened its doors promptly at sunrise, at 6 a.m. Over 33 million voters were called to vote on 8 […]
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Strategies for sustainable shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam: The example of integrated shrimp-mangrove farming and organic certification
[:en]Rapid expansion of shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam has raised serious environmental and social challenges. This essay introduces two strategies in shrimp production, first a model of integrated shrimp-mangrove farming and second organic certification processes, and looks at their potential of being a sustainable option for future shrimp aquaculture in Vietnam. [:]
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