Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asian Studies (IRASEC)
Based in Bangkok since 2001, the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (USR 3142 - UMIFRE 22 CNRS MAEE) focuses its activities on the political, economic, social and environmental evolutions of the eleven countries of the region. As a member of the network of research institutes of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a Research and Service Unit of the French National Research Agency (CNRS), Irasec has been tasked with the analysis of the major developments that affect, together or separately, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam. Irasec promotes a variety of approaches by calling experts and specialists from all academic fields and teaming them up as required. Comparative approaches and transversal studies are favoured as much as possible. The institute endeavours to view and present each theme in its true historical and geographic dimensions. Irasec's research output consists of highly scientific synthetic works whose accessibility should not be restricted to experts only. The institute stresses the quality of presentation and didactic features of the books it offers to the public. It has developed a dynamic editorial policy with a variety of partners.
The link address is: http://www.irasec.com