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Adam Simpson
Researcher at University of South Australia
Publications - 20
Citations - 318
Adam Simpson is an academic researcher from University of South Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Energy security & Authoritarianism. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 20 publications receiving 275 citations. Previous affiliations of Adam Simpson include University of Adelaide.
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The environment – Energy security nexus: critical analysis of an energy ‘love triangle’ in Southeast Asia
TL;DR: In this paper, critical security literature and the concept of earth rights are employed to investigate the relationship between environmental and energy security and elucidate the resultant linkages between environmental degradation and security.
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Challenging hydropower development in Myanmar (Burma): cross-border activism under a regime in transition
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of the largely cross-border campaign against hydropower dams on the Salween River in Myanmar and finds that through the suppression of opposition and dissent at home the regime has stimulated the creation of an "activist diaspora", a dynamic transnational community of expatriates who engage in environmental activism beyond the reach of the regime.
Book Chapter
Traversing More than Speed Bumps: Green Politics under Authoritarian Regimes in Burma and Iran
Timothy Doyle,Adam Simpson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examines the political challenges faced under repressive regimes and investigates activists' attempts at addressing human and environmental security issues, as well as more narrow, post-materialist green agendas, in order to understand how the politics of environmental concern have crossed into the hinterlands of two authoritarian regimes: Burma and Iran.
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Traversing more than speed bumps: Green politics under authoritarian regimes in Burma and Iran
Timothy Doyle,Adam Simpson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examines the political challenges faced under repressive regimes and investigates activists' attempts at addressing human and environmental security issues, as well as more narrow, post-materialist green agendas, in order to understand how the politics of environmental concern have crossed into the hinterlands of two authoritarian regimes: Burma and Iran.
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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Myanmar
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the political, economic, and cultural dimensions of this crucial period of transition in Myanmar and provide a rigorous scholarly overview of Myanmar's politics, economics, and society.