Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia

Map of Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Timor Leste and the Philippines.

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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in Southeast Asia.

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

PHYU PHYU OO AND VANDANA SHARMA | On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized control of the country and detained State Counsellor Daw… Read More

The inclusive institutional balancing of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation

SOVINDA PO AND CHRISTOPHER PRIMIANO | Among the internal players in the Mekong region, Thailand is the most powerful and the most proactive. Read More

Supporting the victims of sexual violence in Myanmar

PHYU PHYU OO AND SARA E DAVIES | Conflict-related sexual violence has been a feature of fighting in Myanmar for decades – a… Read More

International Criminal Court increasing its focus on the Asia Pacific

EMMA PALMER  |  Government data suggests that at least 8663 thousand people (possibly triple that number) have been killed by police and… Read More

Perspectives:Asia | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia

PERSPECTIVES:ASIA | JIEH-YUNG LO | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia presented by Jieh-Yung Lo, Director, Centre… 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

Southeast Asia Snapshot #13

LUCY WEST | A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Philippines and China hold talks over South China Sea The… Read More