FES Asia Editorial Team
| #FESAsiaCoronaBrief
| Coronabrief, Publication
COVID-19 in Asia: Testimonies of an unfolding crisis
In one joint effort to understand the repercussions of this crisis, the FES Asia Corona Brief brought together 52 authors who documented and analyzed...
Petra Dünhaupt and Hansjörg Herr
| #CLSPlus, Trade, labour and social dialogue
| Publication
Catching Up in a Time of Constraints: Industrial Policy Under World Trade Organization Rules, Free Trade
Petra Dünhaupt and Hansjörg Herr explore the complicated interaction between industrial policy and the constraint of an ever-tighter corset of rules...
Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia Lalisang and Darang S. Candra
| Cooperation for Peace and Security
| Publication
Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum & China’s Belt Road Initiative: A match made at sea?
China has become Indonesia’s largest trading partner and its third largest foreign investor. Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum and China’s Belt Road...
Sergio Grassi
| Cooperation for Peace and Security
| Publication
The Belt and Road Initiative in Malaysia
China’s geopolitics and geoeconomics are challenged by democratic transformation. Looking closely at the example of Malaysia, Sergio Grassi, analyses...
Peter-Tobias Stoll, Henner Gött, Patrick Abel
| #CLSPlus, Trade, labour and social dialogue
| Publication
Model labour chapter for European Union trade agreements
Free trade agreements can lead to lower labour standards due to stronger competition and price pressure. By including enforceable labour standards in...
Aisha Anees Malik | #FutureWork4All | Gender and Social Justice
| #FeministAsia
| Publication
On the margins - Women Workers and the Future of Work in Pakistan
The study on narratives around the future of work and working women serves as a starting point for further analysis and discussion about women and the...
Aye Lei Tun, La Ring and Su Su Hlaing #FeministAsia Gender and Social Justice
| #FeministAsia
| Publication
Feminism in Myanmar
The study traces the history of women’s movements in Myanmar and discusses its achievements amidst the rapidly changing economic and political context...
Jakir Hossain, Mostafiz Ahmed and Jafrul Hasan Sharif
| #CLSPlus, Trade, labour and social dialogue
| Publication
Linking Trade and Decent Work in Global Supply Chains in Bangladesh
The study highlights power imbalances in the industrial and labour relations along the global supply chain and offers recommendations for all actors...
Truong Minh Vu and Nguyen Vu Nhat Anh
| Economy of tomorrow
| Publication
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: A Vietnamese discourse
This publications investigates the discourse revolving around the concept of Industry 4.0 in Vietnam. It explores the current Vietnamese perspectives...
Rita Padawangi
| Economy of tomorrow
| Publication
The Social City: Aspiration of an Urban Transformation in Asia
In this discussion paper, Dr. Rita Padawangi is contextualizing, reflecting and comparing the urban transformation of cities like Jakarta, Singapore...
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21.01.2021
| Networks for social democracy
| News
25 years of partnership for democracy and social justice in Nepal
The FES Nepal team spoke with the first resident director, Heinz Bongartz, about opening the FES office in Kathmandu and the role of social democracy...
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| News
Social justice in the crisis and a fair recovery
We explore themes of social justice and the changes required in the global order to ensure a more equitable and just society during and after the...
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14.01.2021
| Gender and social justice
| News
Women and girls across Asia are facing complex, urgent risks from the pandemic, expert warns
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted billions of lives around the world. But the crisis is hitting already-vulnerable women and girls in several new...
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