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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Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 41- n°1 | 2025
Directed by Loïs Bastide, Laurent Lardeux and Yann Scioldo-Zürcher Levi

Since the late 1990s, the growing framing of migration in terms of security risks in destination countries has been the subject of extensive literature, particularly in the fields of political science and critical geography. Surprisingly, however, the social sciences have paid very little attention to migrants’ perceptions of migration risks, unlike migration economics, which quickly addressed this question, making risk and its management by migrant populations a crucial component of migratory rationalities. The topical collection “On the Roads of Migration : Circulations, Risk, and the Managing of Uncertainty” aims to address this gap within the field of social sciences.

Responding to recent calls in migration studies to focus on the understudied “middle-space of migration,” this article critically evaluates the available literature on migration industry, migration infrastructures, and migration brokerage. Recognizing their value, we propose to move on through a step of “de-theorizing,” to address their mutual theoretical tensions and inconsistencies. By focusing on the basic notion of “migration routes,” simply defined as spatially structured networks of places and segments bridging places of origin, transit, and destination, we offer a common analytical framework to approach the actors, infrastructures, and practices involved in moving migrants, thus leveraging geography’s emphasis on space and space-making processes. We then borrow the concept of “linked ecology” from Andrew Abbott, to capture the complex interactions involved in shaping individual routes. In doing so, we hope to offer a new perspective to approach the middle-spaces of migration and design future research programs.

Catholics and Communism in Indonesia:
Religious Alliances and Conflicts in the Shaping of National Identity

Gloria Truly ESTRELITA
IRASEC, Bangkok
January 2025, 17 p.
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This article outlines the key phases of the transformation of the Indonesian religio-political landscape, beginning with the aftermath of World War II as well as colonial emancipation and continuing to the present landscape, marked by the enduring legacy of the previous authoritarian regime’s era in 1998.