People love pandas but what’s really behind China’s panda diplomacy?
CAITLIN BYRNE | There is no question, the world loves China’s giant pandas. The enigmatic, reserved herbivores evoke goodwill wherever they travel. With numbers… Read More
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Advancing foreign investment in APEC
TONY MAKIN | Since the early 1990s, international trade growth has persistently eclipsed foreign investment growth in the Asia-Pacific. Over this time Asia-Pacific… Read More
Indonesia records its highest increase in COVID cases – and numbers are likely to rise again before they fall
DICKY BUDIMAN | Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself) have unfortunately been predicting. The… Read More
Myanmar: No light on the horizon
ANDREW SELTH | Predicting Myanmar’s future has always been a risky business. It opened up to academics, journalists and others after the abortive 1988… Read More
COVID-19 and a coup: Blockage of internet and social media access further exacerbate gender-based violence risks for women in Myanmar
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized control of the country and detained State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint,… Read More
The inclusive institutional balancing of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation
Among the internal players in the Mekong region, Thailand is the most powerful and the most proactive. In contrast, Vietnam does not have a Vietnamese-led… Read More
Supporting the victims of sexual violence in Myanmar
Conflict-related sexual violence has been a feature of fighting in Myanmar for decades – a crime explicitly singled out by the UN Secretary General since … Read More
International Criminal Court increasing its focus on the Asia Pacific
Government data suggests that at least 8663 thousand people (possibly triple that number) have been killed by police and other groups in the… Read More
Australia’s closed border is costing the economy $36.5 million a day
Australia doesn’t expect to reopen its international borders until well into 2022. The border has been closed since March 2020. That decision has been instrumental… Read More
South East Asia Snapshot #13
A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Philippines and China hold talks over South China Sea The Philippines and China recently… Read More
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