The Indian Ocean’s Public Goods Problem: Shipping Lanes, Climate Risk and Regional Cooperation
The Indian Ocean carries vital global shipping traffic and faces multiple climate and security pressures. This article maps the issue structure of regional governance: how lane security, the ocean economy and climate resilience intertwine, and where regional cooperation should start.
The “Nearby” in Research: How Regional Knowledge Production Connects Local Experience with Global Issues
Solutions to global issues often need local knowledge. This article discusses the meaning of regional studies: bringing local experience obscured by macro narratives into public policy discussion, while preventing “local” from becoming exoticism.
WCI Launches an International Academic Partner Network (demo)
The plan will form cooperation nodes around joint research, visiting scholars, early-career researcher exchange and co-created open resources. This content is a layout demonstration after deployment and does not represent a formal institutional activity that has taken place.
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