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Purpose

This project seeks to investigate two significant, inter-related sources of regional and global instability emanating from Southeast Asia and to consider possible responses, including responses by Canadian public and private actors. Specifically, the project will address the rising threat of ethno-religious nationalism in Southeast Asia, the continuing conflict in the Southern provinces in Thailand, ongoing militant activity in the Philippines and Indonesia, and a variety of Islamic State and al-Qaida linked terrorist groups.