Suu Kyi’s Myanmar, one year on
ANDREW SELTH | Twelve months ago, Aung San Suu Kyi was appointed State Counsellor of Myanmar, becoming the de facto leader of the National… Read More
Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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Myanmar and Aung San: The resurrection of an icon
ANDREW SELTH | In this post on The Interpreter, Andray Abrahamian recently drew attention to the Myanmar government’s decision to name a bridge… Read More
Sovereignty and the sea: How Indonesia became an archipelagic state
John Butcher, an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies and Griffith Asia Institute recently published a book, co-authored with… Read More
Singapore’s air force reinvents itself
PETER LAYTON | Since 2005, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has been steadily reinventing itself as a ‘third generation’ force in accordance with… Read More
The wisdom in the literature
ANDREW SELTH | Andrew Selth outlines why past generations’ accumulated literary and scholarly work on Myanmar is at risk of being lost —… Read More
Negotiating for water resources – bridging transboundary river basins
ANDREA HAEFNER | Dr Andrea Haefner, an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Griffith Asia Institute, recently published a book focusing on transboundary river… Read More
A war against drugs or democracy?
‘The Philippines is a fascist state in all but name only’ according to leading Philippines’ academic Professor Walden Bello speaking at the recent Philippines project… Read More
Trade, security ties and engaging the Indonesian diaspora – what you need to know about Widodo’s Australia visit
Officials from both Canberra and Jakarta must have been privately relieved last night. The first official visit to Australia by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”)… Read More
A poem and the politics of high imperialism
MICHAEL WESLEY | Michael Wesley takes a look at a new book by Andrew Selth and the story of how a poem by Rudyard Kipling… Read More
Burma’s Rohingya Muslims mourn the end of the Obama era — and worry about Trump
ANDREW SELTH | Burma’s Rohingya Muslims have been described as the most friendless people in the world. But for the past four years they… Read More
