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Illiberalism and Energy Transitions in Myanmar and Thailand
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
Over the next century most states are likely to face momentous and potentially catastrophic
environmental impacts due to climate change. This has made managing energy
policy – traditionally focused on delivering energy ...
Abe’s Choice for Japan: Thriving Migration without Immigration
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2018)
It may be tempting to think that Japan’s demographic trends would provide an incentive
for adopting major immigration policy reforms, but so far, Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe has chosen to tread carefully, calling for massive ...
How to Get Over a Border
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2018)
Safety and survival cannot be guaranteed in getting over borders. The caveat is dependent
on person and place: depending on the citizenship and country of residence of an
actor in question, some of the techniques elaborated ...
Different Hmong Political Orientations and Perspectives on the Thailand-Laos Border
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2018)
Borders mean different things to different peoples. By now this is widely understood
within academia, but there is still the propensity to assume shared essentialized perceptions
of borders amongst groups based on ...
The Chinese Communists Find Religion: The Struggle for the Selection of the Next Dalai Lama
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2018)
Lhamo Thondup was just two years old when he was recognized as the reincarnation
of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The Great Thirteenth, as he is popularly known, had
died in Lhasa in 1933 at the age of fifty-eight. The team ...
Should Clean Energy Be Politics As Usual? Reflections on India's Energy Transition
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
As planet Earth continues to warm up, there have been pressing calls for a decisive
“energy transition.” An urgent demand, in other words, for a comprehensive shift from
the current dependence on fossil-based or “dirty” ...
"Some 40 Years to Clean Up Fukushima" A View from Ongoing Court Battles
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
While China and India continue to build new nuclear power plants, partly for the sake
of reducing coal-related air pollution, Taiwan and South Korea have stopped their
development plans and have announced a clear agenda ...
Energy Transitions in India Implications for Energy Access, Greener Energy, and Energy Security
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
Today, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with an expected
annual GDP growth rate of 7.6 percent. With a target of eight percent annual growth
in the twelfth five-year plan (2012–2017) and ...
East Asia's Nuclear Policies Fukushima Effect or a Nuclear Renaissance?
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
Until 2011, nuclear power seemed to be on a roll around the world. A number of
countries, including China and Japan, placed atomic energy as a core pillar in their energy
policies or had plans for a massive expansion of ...
Energy Transitions in China and India Leapfrogging in Wind and Solar Power Technology
(Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Asian Studies Program., 2019)
China and India are undergoing rapid transitions towards renewable energy. While
their power mix is still dominated by coal, renewables—especially wind and solar—
have in recent years outpaced the capacity addition of ...