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Antonio L Rappa

Head, Security Studies Programme School of Business

Biography

2011 - 2015 Associate Professor, School of Business, SIM University

2009 - 2011 Adjunct Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

2009 - 2010 Consultant, RSIS

1997 - 2008 Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore

Publications

China and Thailand: A Pacific Affair, or is China Leading ASEAN down the Garden Path with Rose-tinted Spectacles?

China has the motive and capability to control the Southeast Asian region by controlling the routes in and around the Spratly Islands, the Paracels and other smaller rocks. By using a military strategy of granulated encroachment, China is slowly building up military and naval capabilities in Southeast Asia in order to control the various shipping a... Read More»

Antonio L Rappa

Research Article: J Civil Legal Sci 2016, 5:192

DOI: 10.4172/2169-0170.1000192

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Custom, Kinship and the Law: An Analysis of Thailands Rural Northeastern Provinces (1946-1976)

The Siamese and Thai history of village level kinship ties and communalism in both Siamese and Lao culture contributed to the variegated evolution of Siamese and Thai traditions and customs. Legal frameworks for the Kingdom only began to take serious root in modernity when Western forms of administration and society began after World War II. This p... Read More»

Antonio L Rappa

Research Article: J Civil Legal Sci 2016, 5:194

DOI: 10.4172/2169-0170.1000194

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