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‘Slum Imaginaries and Spatial Justice in Philippine Cinema’ by Katrina Macapagal

  • Laurence Marvin S. Castillo,

This compelling book examines the depiction of the slums in recent Philippine urban cinema and aims to show slum inhabitants in Manila stake their ‘right to the city’.

The U.S.-China Power Transition: An assessment of China’s internal view

  • Professor Sungmin Cho,

It is vital to understand how Chinese policymakers and analysts view the regional order, whether one agrees with them or not.

Is AUKUS really an ‘alliance’?

  • Dr Thomas Wilkins,

Questions remain as to the exact nature of AUKUS and what it means for Australia and the Indo-Pacific.

Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won’t Map the Future, updated edition by Rory Medcalf

  • Professor Derek McDougall,

Does the Ukraine conflict reinforce Medcalf’s argument or strengthen the position of those advocating accommodation with a ‘preeminent’ China?

INTRODUCTION: The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

  • Professor Timothy J. Lynch and Professor Robert S. Ross,

The war in Ukraine has thrown into relief the prospects for peace in the Indo-Pacific.

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