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The current issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs focuses on topics such as the economic governance building in Myanmar, the current situation in the South China Sea, the May 1998 riots in Indonesia, and Vietnam’s foreign policy.

The current issue of Africa Spectrum covers a variety of topics such as the Sino-Angolan relationship, the state of research on Sub-Saharan “religious nones”, and the role of German academia in African knowledge production.

The new issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America offers a variety of analyses on topics such as the decline of partisanship in contemporary Chile, Brazil’s stealth military intervention, the Nicaragua protest crisis, the Role of Mexico’s TVRH, and more.

This issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs analyses a variety of topics, such as the role of communications technologies for Vietnam’s public diplomacy, the impact of local parties in post-conflict Aceh, and Myanmar's foreign policy.

This Special Issue focuses attention on the political dynamics of government–business relations as they vary across urban Southeast Asia. The core insights arise from a series of in-depth, city-level case studies in four countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand.

This Special Issue presents four studies on Chinese cultural entrepreneurship in literary production, visual arts, social media, and cinema. Other articles deal with the concept of “APCSF,” anti-COVID-19 slogans, and the Chinese party-stateʼs reactions to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

This latest issue of Africa Spectrum covers topics such as West African Pidgin English, the influence of Chinese consumer goods on the beauty ideal in Côte d’Ivoire, the use of TikTok by political actors prior to Zimbabwe’s recent elections, struggles over access to resources in Tanzania, and more.

The current issue surveys the nexus of agrarian conflict and food crises; globalisation and liberalisation in Brazil’s social policy expansion; antecedents to perceptions of corruption in Guyana; the relationship between compulsory voting and the over-representation of extreme parties; and more.

This special issue focuses on social unrest, representation and the constitutional process in Chile. It analyses gender quotas, hyper-presidentialism, the strong oscillation of voting preferences, the social upheaval in 2019 and democracy and institutional change in times of crisis in Latin America.

Under the headline of “Chinese Migrants in Metropolises Abroad” this special issue explores recent developments in the Chinese diaspora through an urban lens. It presents five empirical contributions based on fieldwork in Paris, Berlin, Manchester (UK), Mexico City, Lagos, Gaborone, and Windhoek.

This issue of Africa Spectrum covers topics such as the problem of „global visibility“ of African science, state control in Uganda, voter behaviour in Nigeria, the role of religious symbolism and religiosity in The Gambia, land and agrarian reform in Zimbabwe, and marriages in Cameroon.

The latest issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs focuses on topics such as electoral management, ethnic party adaptations, the Philippines’ evolving and changing grand strategies in the South China Sea, Vietnam’s strategic positioning in the context of US–China relations, and more.

Drawing upon ethnographic and historical research to study settings in East, West, and Southern Africa, the articles in this special issue review the social changes that have taken place regarding men's roles and assess prospects for the emergence of counter-hegemonic masculinities.

This special edition of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs focuses on civil society and democratic decline in Southeast Asia. The research articles delve into cases in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia.

The latest issue of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs focuses on topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the view on Black Lives Matter, public–private partnerships in Africa, actors in environmental litigation, Hong Kong’s networked agitprop, and more.

This issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America covers topics such as presidential debates and electoral preferences in weakly institutionalised democracies, how presidents answer the call of international capital, women in Latin American political science, and more.

This year’s second edition of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs is a special issue covering the politics of memory, heritage, and diversity in modern China, along with two research articles on the Digital Silk Road and the perception of China among Kazakh graduate students.

This year’s second issue of Africa Spectrum contains three research articles on agrarian labour exchanges in Zimbabwe, the mixed effects of gender quotas in Burundi, and community awareness and restitution in Tanzania. Additionally, this edition also includes three engaging book reviews.

The current issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs focuses on topics such as the Moro women's participation in the Bangsamoro peace process in the Philippines, ASEAN's governance of climate change, Brunei-China economic relations, and more.

This issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America covers topics such as the effects of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the peripheries of Brazil, economic elites and policymaking during times of crisis, and indigenous movements and regional threats in Bolivia and Ecuador.

This issue of Africa Spectrum emphasises crucial topics to current African leadership. Top themes discussed in this edition include Ugandan authoritarianism and dictatorship, Zambian patriotism, challenges on the “Anglophone Conflict” in Cameroon, and the ramifications of Chinese aid in sub-Saharan Africa.

The new issue of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs analyses topics such as the internationalisation of Chinese NGOs, Chinese liberal intellectuals and Trump, entrepreneurship as a possible career path for Chinese university students, China's “Wolf Warrior Diplomacy,” and more.

The current issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs focuses on topics such as the question of human rights in the ASEAN–EU relationship, Myanmar migrant domestic workers in Singapore, how the Indonesian state addresses gender equality and women's empowerment, and more.

This issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America covers topics such as income and social trust, social assistance expansion and political inclusion, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses in El Salvador, the populist assault on electoral integrity in Mexico, and the AMLO voter.

Under the headline of “The Chinese Communist Party at 100”, this special issue of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs handles a variety of themes such as the concept of political loyalty in China, (lack of) democracy in the country, and the ‘Chinese Dream’ ideology further emphasised by Xi Jinping.

The current issue of Africa Spectrum highlights some of the primary topics concerning the region nowadays. These issues include party regimes in Tanzania, military coups in Sudan, Catholic missionary work, and an evaluation of the humanitarian situation across the continent.

The current issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America sheds light on several themes central to Latin American society; such as protest participation in Chile, electoral violence in Mexico, right wing populism, and human rights.

This issue of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs covers topics such as the Chinese crisis communication during the COVID-pandemic, crisis management and involvement of civil society organisations, Chinese textbooks and the youth, migrant’s political rights in Taiwan, and Britain's China policy.

The current issue of Africa Spectrum analyses four concepts of African futures, constitutional amendments in Africa, the quantification of child labour by Ghana’s mass media, heterogeneity among Ugandan youth agripreneurs, and more.

This special issue of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs takes a close look at geopolitics and geoeconomics in the China–Latin American relations in the context of the US–China trade war, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America analyses topics such as abortion rights in Argentina, private pension fund reforms in Peru, the provision of identification numbers to election candidates in Brazil, and more.

The current issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs focuses on topics such as the economic governance building in Myanmar, the current situation in the South China Sea, the May 1998 riots in Indonesia, and Vietnam’s foreign policy.

The current issue of Africa Spectrum covers a variety of topics such as the Sino-Angolan relationship, the state of research on Sub-Saharan “religious nones”, and the role of German academia in African knowledge production.

The new issue of the Journal of Politics in Latin America offers a variety of analyses on topics such as the decline of partisanship in contemporary Chile, Brazil’s stealth military intervention, the Nicaragua protest crisis, the Role of Mexico’s TVRH, and more.

This issue of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs analyses a variety of topics, such as the role of communications technologies for Vietnam’s public diplomacy, the impact of local parties in post-conflict Aceh, and Myanmar's foreign policy.