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  • Security by Solidarity: The Shifting Scapegoating of Chinese-Indonesians in Modern Indonesia
    27th December 2025

    Security by Solidarity: The Shifting Scapegoating of Chinese-Indonesians in Modern Indonesia

    As Indonesia’s working class began to unravel the entrenched corruption embedded in its national legislature in early August 2025, memories of the racialized violence of 1998 surged back into public consciousness– years when the ethnic Chinese community bore the brunt of civil unrest. Yet amidst these echoes of the past,…

    Emily Adiwijaya
  • 20th Century Regional Security: A Look Back at Post-War Vietnamese Nationalism and Southeast Asia
    13th March 2025

    20th Century Regional Security: A Look Back at Post-War Vietnamese Nationalism and Southeast Asia

    As we return to regional politics and relations focused on ideas of isolationism, regional rivalry and geopolitical control, nationalism is once again becoming a dominant trend of international politics across many regions and political ideas. In an attempt to understand how truly underlying such ideas of nationalism are on regional…

    Paul Meyer

The Sino-Southeast Initiative (SSI) provides in-depth analysis and diverse perspectives on issues concerning China and Southeast Asia. Through rigorous research and interviews with scholars in the field, we offer a distinct platform to engage with important dynamics shaping the region.


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