Rising Asia

17/11/2023

Discover Rising Asia Journal. There's a lot to read. Put RAJ on your mobile homescreen. Go to www.rajraf.org and click on the 3 dots on the top right hand side, and click "Add to Home Screen". Viola! Happy reading.

Rising Asia is a scholarly publication and journal of record with a multidisciplinary orientation.

27/09/2023

Please save the date, October 11, 2023 at 10.30 AM INDIA TIME (1 PM SINGAPORE TIME). Ambassador (Professor) Tommy Koh will deliver the RISING ASIA DISTINGUISHED ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY LECTURE.
To join, click on the link below: https://meet.google.com/cms-whgu-hjh

All are cordially invited.

15/09/2023

We are delighted to introduce The Rising Asia Literary Circle, curated & anchored by Dr. Julie Banerjee Mehta. The RALC hosts book launches, interviews eminent authors, and facilitates a dialogue between readers and writers.
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13/09/2023

RISING ASIA JOURNAL editor-in-chief, Harish C. Mehta, writes about the "Geopolitical Fat," and offers an overview into the rich contents of the latest issue.
Read his letter here:

Let’s talk fat, geopolitical fat. Strategists rarely see geopolitical “fat tail” events coming. They are so unlikely to happen that we ignore their possibility. A second usage of “geopolitical fat” literally means Western imperial powers grubbily making a feast of the resources of Asia. Th...

12/09/2023

THE RISING ASIA REVIEW OF BOOKS has published this review by Professor Salikyu Sangtam of the book, "China Through European Eyes: 800 Years of Cultural and Intellectual Encounter," edited by Kerry Brown and Gemma Chenger Deng (Singapore and London: World Scientific, 2022).

Read it here:
https://www.rajraf.org/article/o-china-where-art-thou/1116

11/09/2023

THE RISING ASIA REVIEW OF BOOKS publishes a perceptive review by Professor Himadri Lahiri of Koushik Goswami's scholarly book on the literatures of Tibet.
Read it here: https://www.rajraf.org/article/unpacking-the-politics-of-representation-in-new-tibetan-writing/1115

10/09/2023

In the latest issue of Rising Asia Journal, former Ambassador Gurjit Singh reviews the recent book, "Winning Hearts and Minds: Public Diplomacy in ASEAN," edited by Sue-Ann Chia (Singapore International Foundation, 2022).
Read it here:
https://www.rajraf.org/article/aseans-public-diplomacy-goes-beyond-state-action-to-alter-national-image/1114

09/09/2023

Read in the new THE RISING ASIA REVIEW OF BOOKS, this comprehensive review by Independent Scholar Vinod Kumar Pillai of the book "When East Asia Meets Southeast Asia: Presence and Connectedness in Transformation Revisited," edited by Yumi Kitamura, Alan H. Yang, and Ju Lan Thung, (Singapore: World Scientific, 2023).
https://www.rajraf.org/article/historic-east-asian-and-southeast-asian-connectedness-and-current-big-power-rivalry/1113

08/09/2023

In the new issue of Rising Asia Journal, Kendall Belopavlovich of Michigan Technological University explores gender and sexuality in the Japanese shojo anime series "Ouran High School Host Club" (2006) through theoretical perspectives of Judith Butler’s performativity theory and Roland Barthes’ semiotic theory. Read the article here: https://www.rajraf.org/article/the-dans-dance-and-shjo-subversion-visual-performance-as-boundary-work-in-japanese-anime-ouran-high-school-host-club/1112

07/09/2023

In the latest issue of Rising Asia Journal, read this excellently researched article on the Long Running Conflict in Manipur, 1947-2023, by HM Izhar Alam.

Read the article here: https://www.rajraf.org/article/ethnic-clashes-jeopardize-manipurs-roseate-economy-as-flaring-violence-could-spread-across-thewider-northeast/1111

06/09/2023

Rising Asia Journal presents the first part of a deeply researched article by Tian Mashuang, PhD Scholar at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on the beginnings of the Tea Industry in South Asia in the nineteenth-and early-twentieth century when British colonialists (botanists, East India Company men, military officers, and priests) saw great early bird potential but had a hard time finding a suitable location where the plant could thrive. Part two will be published in our next issue. Read the full article here.
https://www.rajraf.org/article/adventure-of-plants-part-i-botanical-blueprint-of-the-first-tea-industries-in-south-asia-in-the-early-nineteenth-century/1110

05/09/2023

In the latest issue of Rising Asia Journal, read this excellent article by Sudipta Bhattacharjee, former Resident Editor of The Telegraphhttps://www.rajraf.org/article/how-the-song-of-the-bambaneng-bumblebee-began-meghalayas-traditional-musical-culture-that-is-now-being-revived/1109.

04/09/2023

In the latest issue of Rising Asia Journal, read this excellent article by Professor Julie Banerjee Mehta on the Sri Lankan-Canadian poet-novelist Michael Ondaatje on his 80th birthday this month.
https://www.rajraf.org/article/celebrating-philip-michael-ondaatjes-80th/1108

03/09/2023

In the latest issue of the Rising Asia, read this excellent article by Cambodian Senior Minister Mouly Ieng.
https://www.rajraf.org/article/cambodia-her-land-her-people-her-civilization-and-her-place-in-regional-geopolitics/1106

03/09/2023

In his column in the new issue of Rising Asia Journal, Asad Latif, editorial writer for The Straits Times of Singapore, suggests that there is much that India needs to do if its Project Mausam is to serve as the blueprint of the Act East policy, much as the history of China’s Maritime Silk Road underpins its Belt and Road Initiative strategy. Read it here: https://www.rajraf.org/article/when-india-had-an-ocean/1107
Asad states that the Indian Ocean must not remain Indian only in name but must serve as the natural maritime expression of India’s national interest. India can employ the “neo-Curzonian” potential of contemporary Indian foreign policy which is premised on a logic of centrality in India’s dealings with major powers in seeking access and leverage from East Africa to Pacific Asia by building links with neighboring regions.

10/07/2023

Dr Julie Mehta anchored the Bengal Club book club discussion of author Aanchal Malhotra's novel. Watch.

Acclaimed author Aanchal Malhotra in conversation with Dr Julie Banerjee Mehta on her debut novel “The Book of Everlasting Things”Come join the Bengal Club m...