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Amat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7408\">Sri Lankan Democratic Crisis 2022: Would It Become a Case of Huntington\u2019s Fourth Wave of Democratisation?<\/a> by Bawa Singh, Rajani Mol, Sandeep Singh, Jaspal Kaur and Aslam Khan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7411\">Investigating the Influence of Pedagogical Content Knowledge on Formative Assessment Practices in Islamic Religious Education of Malaysian Secondary Schools<\/a>, by Shahazwan Mat Yusoff, Hao Lijie and Mohd Helme Basal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7414\">Social Media\u2019s Role in Exposing Sexual Violence in Indonesian Islamic Boarding School<\/a>, by Evvy Silalahi, Billy Koernianti Sarwono, Ummi Salamah and Irwansyah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7417\">Unpacking the Vietnamese Educational Paradox: A Comparative Analysis of PISA Performance in Low-GDP Contexts<\/a>, by Tran Ngoc Them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7421\">Vulnerability Enforced by the Teesta River Flow and Coping Strategies of Local Communities in Bangladesh<\/a>, by Arif Istiak Bin Islam, Md Faruk Shah, Rubaiyat Shabbir, Rounak Jahan and Bapon Chandra Kuri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Themed issue on Upscaling Taiwan Studies in Asia:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7423\">Upscaling Taiwan Studies in Asia<\/a>, by Sadia Rahman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7426\">Higher Education and the Realist Core of Soft Power: A Comparative Study of Major and Small States<\/a>, by Wei En Tan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7428\">Unequal Exchange and Labour Exploitation: Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan\u2019s Fishing Industry<\/a>, by Aniello Iannone, Sri Endah Kinasih and Irfan Wahyudi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7430\">Parliamentary Diplomacy Between Malaysia and Taiwan: A Successful Bridging Tool?<\/a> by Lam Choong Wah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7432\">The Taiwan-China Relations and the Intersecting Projectiles of Power and Integrations in the Asia Pacific<\/a>, by Aravind Yelery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7435\">Soft Power in Taiwan\u2019s New Southbound Policy (NSP): Assessing the Flagship Program for Industrial Innovation and Cooperation (IIC)<\/a>, by Karl Lee Chee Leong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7437\">Taiwan\u2019s International Cooperation Development in the Post-COVID Era: Perception and Challenges in the Global Arena<\/a>, by Sadia Rahman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7439\">Book Review: <em>Understanding China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative<\/em><\/a>, by Zhang Xiaomei<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ijaps.usm.my\/?page_id=7441\">Book Review: <em>Vietnam Over the Long Twentieth Century: Becoming Modern, Going Global<\/em><\/a>, by Thiem Hai Bui<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured articles\/contributions: Themed issue on Upscaling Taiwan Studies in Asia: Book reviews:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":0,"parent":4753,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - 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