Emmanuelle Peyvel with Eric Jennings, Alexandra de Heering, Judicaelle Dietrich and Isabelle Sacareau just published an article entitled « Asian hill stations : Defining and mapping a transcolonial phenomena » in the last issue of Journal of Historical Geography.

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From the nineteenth century onwards in the British, French, and Dutch empires in Asia, colonial societies developed a new type of place in the mountains : the hill station. As simple as it may seem, this topic – in other words, what constitutes a hill station - proves slippery. […]

Éric DAUDÉ with Alexandre Cebeillac, Kanchana Nakhapakorn & Richard E. Paul, just published an article of the last issue of the International Journal of Health Geographics (Volume 25, article number 40, 2026) : Mapping urban Aedes aegypti breeding containers : landscape-driven analysis in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Christine CABASSET et Éric FRÉCON, chercheurs associés à l’IRASEC, ont chacun publié un article pour le dossier du dernier numéro de la Revue internationale et stratégique, consacré aux logiques de domination, aux dynamiques de contestation et aux trajectoires qui façonnent l’avenir de cet espace stratégique majeur.

Lire l’article de Christine CABASSET : Les populations frontalières d’Asie du Sud-Est, variables d’ajustement des États ?

Lire l’article d’Éric FRÉCON : Singapour : la Smart Nation, entre performance économique, contrôle social et vulnérabilités numériques

Nicolas LAINÉ, associate research fellow at IRASEC, co-authored an article with Kim Fooyontphanich, Suthee Janyasuthiwong and Phattaravee Prommanut, published in “Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine” on April 29, 2026.

In this study, the interplay between animal feeding behaviors and the evolution of local human and veterinary pharmacopeias is examined through the lens of the Lua people and their water buffalos in Northern Thailand.

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Christine Cabasset and Éric Frécon wrote an article about the relations between Timor-Leste, Australia and China for The Strategist, the commentary and analysis site of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, an independent, non-partisan think tank based in Canberra.

The article on the seroprevalence of dengue and chikungunya infections among children aged 10–15 years in Bangkok, in which Éric Daudé collaborated with Chulalongkorn University and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), has been published in Plos Negelected Tropical Disease.

Juliette SENDRA
IRASEC, Bangkok
december 2025, 29 p.
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This article is a reflection on tourism in Asia in light of the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, based on a case study of the Javanese village of Bejiharjo. The village is located in the Gunung Kidul region (“southern mountains”), which was classified as a geopark by UNESCO in 2012. It illustrates the new challenges posed by Indonesian tourism recovery systems in terms of environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

On December 16, issue 110 of the journal Archipel published Christine Cabasset’s article “Neuvième Timor-Leste Studies Association (TLSA) Conference “Understanding Timor-Leste,ˮ Université Nationale Timor Lorosa’e, Dili, 16-18 juillet 2025” [Ninth Timor-Leste Studies Association (TLSA) Conference ‘Understanding Timor-Leste,’ National University of Timor Lorosa’e, Dili, July 16–18, 2025].
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Dans le cadre d’un entretien, Christine Cabasset, chercheuse associée à l’IRASEC, a répondu aux questions de l’Institut des relations internationales et stratégiques – IRIS, lequel est paru le 1^er septembre, sous le titre : « Le conflit Cambodge – Thaïlande : quelles portée et conséquences pour l’ASEAN ? ».

We are pleased to share an article directed by Olivier Telle, entitled “Dengue dynamics beyond biological factors : Revealing the nexus between urbanisation planning, and mobilities in Vientiane, Lao PDR” published by PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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