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19JUL 2025
Middle East
IPSA 2025 in Seoul
Over 3500 participants attended the annual congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in Seoul, among them parts of the Institute’s faculty. Lars Lott presented a paper on the connection between autocratization and its effects on universalism and the provision of social policies and public goods at the panel entitled “Autocratization and Sustainability,” sponsored […]Over 3500 participants attended the annual congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in Seoul, among them parts of the Institute’s faculty. Lars Lott presented a paper on the connection between autocratization and its effects on universalism and the provision of social policies and public goods at the panel entitled “Autocratization and Sustainability,” sponsored […]
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20FEB 2025
human rights
Launch of the Bavarian Scientific Alliance for Peace, Conflict and Security Research
Four members of the Institute, Professor Dr Dr h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof Dr Marco Bünte, Prof Dr Thomas Demmelhuber and Prof Dr Katrin Kinzelbach are Fellows of the newly founded Bavarian Scientific Alliance for Peace, Conflict and Security Research. This alliance combines approaches from the social sciences, technology, natural sciences and humanities in order to […]
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17JUN 2024
news
Guest Lecture on China’s Role in Southeast Asia
On June 20, 2024, Prof. Enze Han will give a lecture in the Kollegienhaus (14.00-16.00 in room 0.024). He will present his new book on China’s role in Southeast Asia (The Ripple Effect: China’s Complex Role in Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press 2024).
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13DEC 2023
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New publication: Civil society and democratic regression in Southeast Asia
The global regression of democracy is often accompanied by shrinking spaces for civil society actors. These shrinking spaces can also be observed in Southeast Asia and jeopardize the democratic progress of the last three decades. The special issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, edited by Marco Bünte together with Meredith Weiss from […]
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11MAY 2023
Middle East
“The Ukraine War and the Impact on the Middle East” – Lecture by Ross Harrison (Washington)
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Prof. Ross Harrison (Middle East Institute, Washington DC). Prof. Harrison is a renowned expert on US foreign policy in the MENA region. He is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute and also on the faculty in the Political Science department at the University of Pittsburgh.The lecture with the title „The […]
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08DEC 2022
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Presidentialism and Democracy in East and Southeast Asia
Prof. Bünte’s most recent publication sheds light on the role of presidentialism in the process of democratic backsliding in East and Southeast Asia. The volume co-edited with Mark R. Thompson volume is a cooperation of renowned international scholars working in the field of presidentialism studies. It enhances our understanding of democratic backsliding and increasing personalization […]
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