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  • Cold Currents & Hot Ambitions: China’s Arctic Play and What it Means for Global Maritime Strategies
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    Cold Currents & Hot Ambitions: China’s Arctic Play and What it Means for Global Maritime Strategies

    Elizabeth Coffin-MacDougall

    February 22, 2026

    As China continues to steer clear of U.S. operations, shipping routes have become a point…

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  • When Childbirth Begins at the Job Interview
    East Asia, Gender, Policy, Society
    When Childbirth Begins at the Job Interview

    Maylyn Weng

    February 22, 2026

    A question many women face in job interviews in China is: Are you married or…

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  • Geopolitics and Firm Demand for Diplomacy, Tit-for-Tat, and Decoupling: Evidence from Japan During Trump’s Tariff Negotiations
    East Asia, Event Reports, Politics
    Geopolitics and Firm Demand for Diplomacy, Tit-for-Tat, and Decoupling: Evidence from Japan During Trump’s Tariff Negotiations

    Yota Wang

    February 22, 2026

    On November 12, 2025, a seminar titled “Geopolitics and Firm Demand for Diplomacy, Tit-for-Tat, and…

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  • China’s Ever-Evolving Ways of Elongating Its Reach: Utilizing “Secret Overseas Police Stations” to Suppress Dissidents Abroad
    East Asia, Politics, Society
    China’s Ever-Evolving Ways of Elongating Its Reach: Utilizing “Secret Overseas Police Stations” to Suppress Dissidents Abroad

    Guest Author

    February 22, 2026

    Introduction In an era where authoritarian regimes increasingly assert their influence beyond national borders, repression…

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  • People Power: Lessons From Korea’s Martial Law One Year Later
    East Asia, Op-eds, Politics
    People Power: Lessons From Korea’s Martial Law One Year Later

    Alexei Wasylucha

    February 22, 2026

    Korea has recently marked the one-year anniversary of former president of the Republic of Korea…

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  • Transformation of the Indian National Congress’s Freedom Struggle: Shifting Political Discourse and Objectives to Reflect the Gandhian  Interpretation of Swaraj
    Colonialism, Nationalism, Op-eds, Politics, Society, South Asia
    Transformation of the Indian National Congress’s Freedom Struggle: Shifting Political Discourse and Objectives to Reflect the Gandhian Interpretation of Swaraj

    Siya Duggal

    January 5, 2026

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, is “often called the ‘father of India’…

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Editorial Board
  • Editorial Board: Asia’s Fragile Democracies

    David Daigneault

    February 1, 2025
    Editorial Board: Asia’s Fragile Democracies
  • Editorial Board: US Election Reverberates Across Asia

    Admin

    December 14, 2024
    Editorial Board: US Election Reverberates Across Asia


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East Asia
  • When Childbirth Begins at the Job Interview
    When Childbirth Begins at the Job Interview
    February 22, 2026
  • Geopolitics and Firm Demand for Diplomacy, Tit-for-Tat, and Decoupling: Evidence from Japan During Trump’s Tariff Negotiations
    Geopolitics and Firm Demand for Diplomacy, Tit-for-Tat, and Decoupling: Evidence from Japan During Trump’s Tariff Negotiations
    February 22, 2026
  • China’s Ever-Evolving Ways of Elongating Its Reach: Utilizing “Secret Overseas Police Stations” to Suppress Dissidents Abroad
    China’s Ever-Evolving Ways of Elongating Its Reach: Utilizing “Secret Overseas Police Stations” to Suppress Dissidents Abroad
    February 22, 2026
  • People Power: Lessons From Korea’s Martial Law One Year Later
    People Power: Lessons From Korea’s Martial Law One Year Later
    February 22, 2026
  • A Review of The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2025
    A Review of The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2025
    December 13, 2025
South Asia
  • Transformation of the Indian National Congress’s Freedom Struggle: Shifting Political Discourse and Objectives to Reflect the Gandhian  Interpretation of Swaraj
    Transformation of the Indian National Congress’s Freedom Struggle: Shifting Political Discourse and Objectives to Reflect the Gandhian Interpretation of Swaraj
    January 5, 2026
  • Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Role in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
    Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Role in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
    January 4, 2026
  • Landmark Opposition to India’s Caste System: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the 1930s
    Landmark Opposition to India’s Caste System: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the 1930s
    January 4, 2026
  • Gen-Z and Political Power in South Asia: Youth-led Movements
    Gen-Z and Political Power in South Asia: Youth-led Movements
    January 3, 2026
  • From Resistance to Revolution: The Evolution of Anti-Colonial Struggles into Organized Nationalism in South Asia (Late 19th–Early 20th Century)
    From Resistance to Revolution: The Evolution of Anti-Colonial Struggles into Organized Nationalism in South Asia (Late 19th–Early 20th Century)
    September 6, 2025
Southeast Asia
  • Pop Culture is the New Political Language: Gen Z Resistance in Southeast Asia
    Pop Culture is the New Political Language: Gen Z Resistance in Southeast Asia
    January 4, 2026
  • Steel or Fish? Wealth, Power, and Environmental Accountability under Authoritarian Rule in Vietnam’s Formosa Steel Plant Disaster
    Steel or Fish? Wealth, Power, and Environmental Accountability under Authoritarian Rule in Vietnam’s Formosa Steel Plant Disaster
    January 4, 2026
  • Who Holds Development Expertise and Who Development Serves: Examining Clark Air Base through Local Memory
    Who Holds Development Expertise and Who Development Serves: Examining Clark Air Base through Local Memory
    January 4, 2026
  • Vietnam Policy Proposal on Enhanced Non-Aligned Hedging in the South China Sea
    Vietnam Policy Proposal on Enhanced Non-Aligned Hedging in the South China Sea
    January 4, 2026
  • Rethinking Singaporean Interfaith Management: An Interview-Based Approach to Uncovering Singapore’s Accommodative Secularism
    Rethinking Singaporean Interfaith Management: An Interview-Based Approach to Uncovering Singapore’s Accommodative Secularism
    January 4, 2026

Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies

Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies is an academic journal with a regional focus on East, Southeast, and South Asia founded at the Asian Institute of University of Toronto. The goal of the journal is to stimulate and generate vibrant academic discussions on the current political, historical, societal, and/or economic developments in the Asia region. 

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