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.

Indonesia responds to the cyber dark side

RETA NABBS-KELLER AND RM WIBAWANTO NUGROHO WIDODO | The “DarkSide” ransomware cyber-attack on the US-based gasoline facility Colonial Pipeline, which has disrupted… Read More

Myanmar and a new kind of civil war

ANDREW SELTH  |   In early 1989, I was passing through Bangkok when a friend from a Western embassy invited me to what she called… Read More

Aung San Suu Kyi’s uncertain fate

ANDREW SELTH  |   In the flood of articles, op-eds and commentaries that has been published since the February coup in Myanmar, surprisingly few have… Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #10

A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. ASEAN leaders to meet over Myanmar It is reported that Brunei, the 2021 ASEAN… Read More

Revisiting green bond market development in Viet Nam

TAPAN SARKER | Green bonds (GBs) are being used around the world as a financial tool for raising capital for projects that… Read More

The upward spiral of violence in Myanmar

ANDREW SELTH  |   The clashes in Myanmar’s streets between largely peaceful protesters and armed members of the security forces over recent weeks evoke memories… Read More

Myanmar’s personalised politics

ANDREW SELTH  | Anyone looking at photographs and film footage of events in Myanmar could be forgiven for thinking that the violent confrontation… Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #9

A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals Earlier this week Malaysia deported 1,086… Read More

A look back at the Cambodia economy in 2020

As 2020 drew to a close, Cambodia officially recorded zero deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. But while Cambodia has seemingly avoided a high death toll… Read More

The coup in Myanmar

ANDREW SELTH  | It is always difficult to know what is happening inside Myanmar, and developments relating to the country’s armed forces (known… Read More