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.

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

Conflict zones and COVID-19’s impact on sexual and gender-based violence reporting

SARA E DAVIES, PHYU PHYU OO, YOLANDA RIVEROS-MORALES AND JACQUI TRUE | COVID-19 has paradoxically made sexual and gender-based violence in the home… Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #8

A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Malaysia to hold election post-pandemic Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced last Saturday that… Read More

Regional wrap | 62

US election results and 'truth decay' RCEP done and dusted Morrison-Suga summit and a new Indo-Pacific defence pact Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #7

SouthEast Asia Snapshot with Dr Lucy West - Myanmar’s ruling NLD win absolute majority - Thai lawmakers consider constitutional amendments Read More

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The past fortnight may well have been the prologue to the most consequential event this year, and perhaps, this decade. As I write this fortnightly… Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #6

A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Myanmar heads to the polls On November 8, Myanmar citizens will head to the… Read More

Understanding Australia-Indonesia relations in the post-authoritarian era

RETA NABBS-KELLER | Little analytical heed has been paid to the particular effects of Indonesia’s democratic transition on its relations with Australia. Indonesia’s democratisation experience… Read More

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India invites Australia to Malabar. Japanese PM Suga's Southeast Asian outreach. Thai protests take a serious turn. Read this and more from Aakriti Bachhawat in Regional Wrap. Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #5

South East Asia Snapshot with Dr Lucy West - Indonesia and Japan to strengthen security ties. Vietnam and Japan confirm defence deal. Thai authorities censor protests. Read More