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PON SOUVANNASENG

Assistant Professor of Global Studies, Bentley University

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August 26, 2024

Quote in the Straits Times on ASEAN Energy Grids

My remarks are quoted in the Straits Times piece, “Huge potential for clean energy held up by slow integration of South- east Asian grids” from..
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August 1, 2024

Remarks in Reuters Special Report on Africa’s Debt Bomb

"The episode shows how developing countries are stuck between two undesirable options for development financing, Souvannaseng said. With long-term, low-cost multilateral lenders like the World Bank, she said, the “the bureaucratic process … to get money — it’s long, it’s tedious, a lot of them find it very humiliating.” But the “high risk, high reward” international bond market, while a quick source of money, “is first and foremost concerned with yield, not with developmental aims,” she said."
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April 30, 2024

Pacific Affairs Article Now Out

My article manuscript, ‘Fast Finance & the Political Economy of Catastrophic Dam Collapse in Lao PDR’ is now out in Pacific Affairs Vol. 97, Issue..
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March 25, 2024

Quoted in CNN Article on Lao-China Rail

I was recently quoted in a CNN article on the Chinese built Lao railway, accessible here: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/25/travel/china-south-east-asia-travel-train-infrastructure-intl-hnk CategoriesNews
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March 20, 2024

Asia Society Panel – Replay

On March 14th I was a guest panelist at the Asia Society in NYC for a discussion on Himalayan Water Politics (with a comparative look at the Mekong) with..
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March 7, 2024

Politics of Water Panel – Asia Society Policy Institute (NYC) – March 14th, 2024

On International River’s Day (March 14th) – I have the honor of joining Farwa Aamer, ASPI Director of South Asia Initiatives and Li Shuo, ASPI..
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July 23, 2023

Mansfield-Fulbright University-CIIS ‘Greener Together’ Energy Transition Conference – Ho Chi Minh

Fruitful and interesting track 1.5 US-China-Japan-Vietnam dialogue on energy transitions at Fulbright University Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh. Many thanks to the Mansfield Foundation for..
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March 25, 2023

AAS 2023

AAS2023 was a blast. Fortunate to reunite and share knowledge with wonderful and bright colleagues. Thanks to all who came to our Designated Panel, ‘Ghostly..
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November 20, 2022

Development & Change Publication Workshop

Really thrilled to present preliminary findings and article manuscript to colleagues at the Development & Change workshop in the Hague this past week. Wonderful to..
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October 16, 2022

Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Washington DC Briefing

We had the pleasure to wrap up three years as the first cohort of Mansfield-Luce Asia scholars by giving a briefing of our study tour..
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October 12, 2022

Southeast Asia League of Students (SEALS) @ Johns Hopkins SAIS Talk

Special thanks to the Southeast Asia League of Students at Johns Hopkins SAIS for inviting me to talk about new research on digital infrastructures in..
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August 24, 2022

Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Study Tour 2022

Had the honor of traveling with our delegation of Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars in Thailand, Vietnam, and further visits in South Korea and Singapore as part..
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July 23, 2022

APSA Asia Workshop – Bangkok 2022

What a pleasure to reunite with 2019 APSA Asia Scholars at the Bangkok publication workshop in 2022! I was part of the Political Economy group..
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June 6, 2022

Wilson China Fellowship 2021-2022 Essays Now Out!

Our Wilson China Fellows (2021 – 2022) collection of essays is out with the Wilson Center!  Rich summer reading for anyone interested in the politics,..
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March 15, 2022

2022 AAS Annual Conference

I’ll be at AAS2022 in person presenting a paper with wonderful co-panelists and specialists on the Mekong and its cultural, social, ecological and political dimensions! ..
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Remarks in Reuters Special Report on Africa’s Debt Bomb

"The episode shows how developing countries are stuck between two undesirable options for development financing, Souvannaseng said. With long-term, low-cost multilateral lenders like the World Bank, she said, the “the bureaucratic process … to get money — it’s long, it’s tedious, a lot of them find it very humiliating.” But the “high risk, high reward” international bond market, while a quick source of money, “is first and foremost concerned with yield, not with developmental aims,” she said."
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Pacific Affairs Article Now Out

My article manuscript, ‘Fast Finance & the Political Economy of Catastrophic Dam Collapse in Lao PDR’ is now out in Pacific Affairs Vol. 97, Issue..
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Quoted in CNN Article on Lao-China Rail

I was recently quoted in a CNN article on the Chinese built Lao railway, accessible here: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/25/travel/china-south-east-asia-travel-train-infrastructure-intl-hnk CategoriesNews
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