“We are writing informally to let you know you have passed the MA South East Asian Studies programme …” Administration needs its time, but that is no reason to bother about anything, the important news is in the line above and the result is also good, so now I can lean back and enjoy it, [...]

A last update from my MA dissertation before it will be posted during the next couple of months (see Study & Research section), but thus far I’ve posted it to the UK and before it will go online I wait for the result. I’m sorry that I haven’t kept you more up-to-date, but the dissertation [...]

Since two weeks I’m now back at the desk … and sadly writing a dissertation is not a journey, time is limited, there is a lot to read out there ans somehow you need to get everything sorted. Thus far I want to give an update about the current state of my dissertation. I’m done [...]

Also academic literature could be entertaining: “Even constructivism is often viewed as a theory of global peace and harmony, but it should, and can, explain both cooperation and conflict” (Acharya, 2009, p. 39) Acharya, A. (2009). ‘Constructing a security community in southeast Asia : ASEAN and the problem of regional order’ (2nd Ed.), Routledge, London.

I’m sorry for not updating my blog througout the last month, but I’ve been travelling for 4 weeks, and as you could imagen life is far from having a routine while being on journeys. I had a good time, and also made us of the oppertunity to meet scholars and researchers to support my MA [...]

Before leaving Leeds tomorrow, I would like to give you an update on my research, just briefly, but to let you know where I’m at: The Introduction is done & I’ve started off with the theoretical framework. I’m still about to develop my knowledge on Security Communities, but reading Acharya was therefore very useful. But [...]

After some work on the website (now bilingual) and the discovery of a lost tweet I want to give some update on my research. As time in Leeds is limited I will try hard to get most of the Introduction and Theory done, besides that I’ve started to contact people in Thailand for potential interviews [...]

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Keep track on the blog of all the reading I’m doing these days is impossible, actually I have to admit it’s more about collecting resources then reading, but I’ve planned to start writing today. My goal is to add a minimum of 1000 words per week to my dissertation till the June, 25. This morning [...]