Diplomatic intelligence
ANDREW SELTH | When I joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1973, my fellow trainees and I were told that diplomatic receptions… Read More
Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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Regional wrap
This fortnight, millions of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protest against a proposed bill that would allow them to be extradited to… Read More
Time to focus on foreign policy for the sake of Australia’s future
Australians face a set of decisions in foreign policy arguably more important to us than any national decisions since the Second World War, writes John… Read More
Hun Sen’s natural bilateral “bestie”
On the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum in China last month, Cambodia’s Hun Sen was busy. He secured a further $90 million… Read More
Myanmar: Pariah status no bar to defence modernisation
ANDREW SELTH | Despite criticisms, sanctions and embargoes, Myanmar is strengthening military ties with neighbours and friends. It has been more than two years since… Read More
Regional wrap
The last fortnight was marred by yet another man-made tragedy in this part of the world, a terrorist attack that claimed several hundred innocent… Read More
Myanmar’s intelligence apparatus under Aung San Suu Kyi
ANDREW SELTH | When Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) took office in 2016, a wave of euphoria swept… Read More
Regional wrap
The last fortnight witnessed a few key developments in the Indo-Pacific region. The most significant one for Australia, was the Morrison government’s announcement of… Read More
Domestic politics drive Malaysia’s abrupt global court U-turn
RENÉE JEFFERY | Well, that was short lived. With the rounds of applause that accompanied its historic decision to accede to the Rome Statute… Read More
Containing contagion: The politics of disease outbreaks in South East Asia
SARA E DAVIES | Regional cooperation is important for securing infectious disease outbreak containment. The Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014-2015 showed we are… Read More
