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地缘经济趋势和海运供应链韧性:印太地区的走向是什么?

  • 哈尼扎·伊德里斯博士(Dr Hanizah Idris),

印太地区由主要经济体和新兴经济体组成,对世界经济和贸易至关重要。

Can parliamentary monitoring organisations help reverse democratic decline in Taiwan and Asia more broadly?

  • Professor Herlin Chien and James Kan,

Elections are no guarantee of democracy, but parliamentary monitoring organisations (PMOs) in Asia and elsewhere may be game-changers.

How civil society in the Philippines helped pass the ‘Sin Tax’ law and the lessons learned

  • Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III & Prof. Jorge V. Tigno,

Civil society organisations built strong networks of trust with legislators against the interests of commercial lobbyists.

Lessons from the Latin American way of advancing parliamentary transparency

  • Juan Krahl,

Civil society groups from 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have formed an Index to monitor legislative transparency.

‘Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia’, edited by Akihiro Ogawa and Anthony J. Spires

  • Assistant Professor Yoojin Koo,

This book intriguingly uncovers Asian civil societies that are not well explained by Western frameworks.