Adam Simpson
@AdamJSimpson2
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Senior Lecturer, International Studies, Justice & Society @UniversitySA | #Myanmar #Ukraine #Climate
Adelaide
Joined May 2013
The new Routledge edition of ‘Myanmar: Politics, Economy & Society’ edited by myself & Nich Farrelly has just been published. We’re particularly pleased to announce that the online version is available FREE for everyone. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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This new edition of Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society provides a sophisticated yet accessible overview of the key political, economic and social challenges facing contemporary Myanmar and...
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My thoughts on the new Japanese PM - she might be more pragmatic once in office but with a conservative coalition partner there will be pressure to toe the right-wing populist line
Sanae Takaichi has voiced anti-immigrant policies at a time when Japan's population continues to fall, threatening economic stagnation. @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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#Thailand has a new PM, again. Here’s my analysis in @ConversationEDU published a few minutes after the parliamentary vote. Around 47 different drafts this week following the usual twists and turns of Thai politics
In a surprise move, a progressive party threw its support behind the conservative Anutin Charnvirakul in exchange for promises of reform. @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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I’m currently in Seoul. My new article in @ConversationEDU has just come out: ‘These developments mean #SouthKorea & its allies will need to deal with a much more battle-hardened and technologically advanced #NorthKorea military, its antiquated systems being rapidly transformed’
Is the new South Korean president's softer approach to the North wise in a challenging new security environment? @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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My article just published in @ConversationEDU on latest shenanigans regarding #Myanmar’s deeply flawed elections, its rare earths and the (no real) options for extraction by the #Trump administration
Myanmar's generals are planning an election the opposition has slammed as a sham. They could see Trump's interest in the country as a way of legitimising the polls. @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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My thoughts for @ConversationEDU on Sunday’s result in #Poland’s presidential vote: ‘As in other recent global elections, women and those with higher formal education voted progressive (#Trzaskowski), while men and those with less formal education voted conservative (#Nawrocki)’
Though the president has few powers, one of them is vetoing legislation. This means Karol Nawrocki's win will be felt keenly, both in Poland and across Europe. @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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I gave a short interview for The Wire radio program on the #Coalition’s #nuclear policy - the party room is moving regional and conservative. ‘Unelectable’ is another word for it.
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I was interviewed by SBS News on the #Coalition’s #nuclear policy: I argued a pro-nuclear policy for 2028 ‘would cause "further devastation" within its remaining metropolitan seats and push the Coalition into the "electoral wilderness" for a generation’ https://t.co/RwXrM6rThF
sbs.com.au
The Liberals and Nationals will review their policy platforms as they assess their sweeping election defeat, which resulted in Labor claiming a majority government.
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A nice republish of my post-election nuclear policy article by The New Daily
thenewdaily.com.au
If conservative Nationals prevail, we may well see nuclear policy survive the election post-mortem and be resurrected for the next poll.
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The Liberal Party is poised to elect its first federal parliamentary leader from a regional seat since Malcolm Fraser. More than 80% of its seats are now based outside the major capital cities. In effect, both the Liberal and National parties have become parties of regional
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Here’s my analysis in @ConversationEDU on the wash up after the Australian election. The final point is that ‘given the new power of the Nationals and regional Liberals in the party room, we may not have seen the last of nuclear fantasies in Australia.’
Coalition support for nuclear power in Australia may survive their devastating election loss. @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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It will be amusing to watch you try to persuade Iran to give up their nukes while Trump supports Russia's invasion of a country that gave up nukes in exchange for a US assurance they wouldn't be invaded.
“A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal. Any final arrangement must set a framework for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East -- meaning that Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program. It is imperative for
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My latest on the arrest of Paul Chambers in Thailand
Fascinating article by @UniversitySA 's International Studies expert @AdamJSimpson2 in today's @ConversationEDU assessing the wider impact and implications of the arrest of a US academic in Thailand:
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My latest for @ConversationEDU on academic freedom under attack in Thailand and Trump: ‘In the future, universities in Thailand, as in the US, will find it harder to attract international talent. Universities – and the broader society – in both countries will be worse off for it’
The law against insulting the Thai monarchy has become a common tool for silencing Thai activists. Now, a foreign academic has been targeted. @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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I was interviewed by ABC News on the impact of #USAID cuts to the #Myanmar earthquake: ‘Dr Simpson said the US would remain a major global power and economy for some time “but the evidence of its trajectory towards isolation and diminution is irrefutable”’
abc.net.au
The United States is sending a three-person disaster response team to earthquake-stricken Myanmar, days after much larger contingents from China and Russia began pulling people out of the rubble.
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With thousands feared dead in Myanmar's earthquake, further challenges are expected resulting from the Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). UniSA's @AdamJSimpson2 explains further in @ConversationEDU:
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Just had this published analysing the disastrous earthquake that hit #Myanmar and its neighbours. We all know that Trump’s #USAID cuts mean more people will die. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
USAID accounted for a third of Myanmar's foreign aid last year. Now, this funding is gone as the country grapples with a devastating earthquake. @AdamJSimpson2 @UniversitySA
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And this doesn’t include online posts etc
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That time @marcorubio explained how USA, Russia & the UK promised Ukraine to provide for their defense forever if they gave up the huge stockpile of nuclear weapons left in the country after the Soviet Union fell. Good times.
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In the war between Russia and Ukraine, the first to surrender was the United States.
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