Teaching Fellow in Southeast Asian Studies, University of Cagliari
I am currently enrolled as Teaching Fellow at the Department of Social Sciences and Institutions, University of Cagliari.
The South China Sea dispute and its regional implications have been my core research interest during both MA and PhD. I earned my Doctoral degree with a thesis on the China-ASEAN relationship and its impact on the dispute.
I have been Visiting Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo;
Visiting Researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Asia Institut, Hamburg;
Visiting Student at the Law School of the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Dispute over war ship in the South China Sea is a return to 'business as usual' for US and China
Jun 14, 2017 15:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The South China Sea is a volatile place or rather, its politics are. China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have been fighting over this azure stretch of the Pacific for more than a century. But...
China and the US vie for friendship with the Philippines, while Duterte hedges
May 23, 2017 12:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The rapprochement between China and the Philippines has ostensibly avoided the prospect of a confrontation in the South China Sea. On the sidelines of a two-day summit about Chinas global development project, held in...
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