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following items have been posted on Asian Currents:
DAMIEN
KINGSBURY looks at the rise of Bongbong Marcos, son of former Philippine
dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Bongbong is now equal leading candidate in the race
to become the Philippines vice-president in the country’s 9 May elections.
SRINJOY
BOSE sees the prospects for peace in Afghanistan remaining remote as long as
Pakistan continues to offer sanctuary to the Taliban.
A study
of the struggle over women’s rights in Nepal has won the 2015 Wang Gungwu Prize for the best
article published in Asian Studies Review
in 2015.
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