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Centre for Asian Studies

CAS has structured its activities around the global “Re-Orient-ation” that has characterized international relations in the last two decades. It has identified five main trends as core to the on-going transformation in the field of Asian studies for the coming years:
- The increasing weight of China and India in the global economy and the reinforcement of regional integration;
- The risks of food insecurity and unsustainable use of natural resources;
- The rise of inequality and conflicts;
- The growth of international migrations in/from Asia;
- The needs in education and skills for emerging economies.

CAS has three types of activities, aiming at fostering a better understanding of these issues and concentrating on the four largest emerging Asian countries (China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam):
- Seeking to build on the richness of the disciplinary and interdisciplinary traditions of the Graduate Institute, CAS promotes research on the aforementioned topics related to the global “Re-Orient-ation”;
- CAS provides executive education and training courses on emerging Asia. It also coordinates the contribution of the Graduate Institute to the Master of Asian Studies (MASPEA);
- It organizes a series of public lectures and an annual workshop.

CAS governance consists of an executive committee and a management committee. In addition to the CAS research team, eight research fellows participate to CAS activities.

14.3.2012 Annual Conference followed by a Round-Table

China and the Financial Crisis

C. Gironde at the Planet under Pressure 2012 Conference

Large Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLA) and Sustainable Rural Development in the Global South

Executive Education

Executive Master in Asian Affairs
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Research project

The research project entitled Large-scale land acquisitions in Southeast Asia: Rural transformations between global agendas and peoples’ right to food was selected by the Swiss Network in International Studies (SNIS). The project will be implemented with the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the Center for Development and Environment in Bern.
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