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INTERVIEW: Shipping in maritime Asia is vulnerable to geopolitical tension

  • Jennifer Parker,

Maritime Asia is a major international trade route, but the South China Sea is hotly disputed. What are the possible impacts on shipping of geo-political tensions?

Migrant fishers from Southeast Asia are increasingly subject to forced labour and human trafficking

  • A/Prof Sallie Yea,

One of the most pressing problems in terms of fishing supply chains is modern slavery of migrant fishing crew.

Securing the backbone: Security challenges to and governance of submarine cables in the Indo-Pacific

  • Jeslyn Tan,

Despite the importance of submarine cables to global supply chains and economy, this critical infrastructure is vulnerable to attacks and damage.

Geo-economic trends and maritime supply chain resilience: What’s next for the Indo-Pacific?

  • Dr Hanizah Idris,

There are many economic challenges to shipping supply chains, including decarbonisation and geopolitics.

INTERVIEW: The revival of indigenous culture and language in Taiwan: An indigenous leader’s perspective

  • Akawyan Pakawyan (林清美),

‘How am I going to face our ancestors who might ask why our culture disappeared? It is a fear that my own ethnicity will cease to exist.’

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