Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia

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Andrew Selth: The lady and authoritarianism in Myanmar

ANDREW SELTH  | Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift in public perceptions of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu… Read More

The rats of Rangoon

ANDREW SELTH  | From plague, to meals, to piles and piles of poo — Andrew Selth on the former capital’s resident rodents. When I… Read More

Myanmar foreign policy under Aung San Suu Kyi

ANDREW SELTH  | Last November, the National League for Democracy won a landslide electoral victory in Myanmar. It formed a new government this month. Read More

Trading amnesty for impunity in Timor-Leste

RENÉE JEFFERY | 1999 marked a turning point in international public policy concerning the inclusion of amnesties for perpetrators of human rights violations in… Read More

Who benefits the most? Indonesia’s self-sufficiency versus food security

Ever since campaigning for the presidency, Joko Widodo or Jokowi has consistently pointed to nine priorities which he has touted as key to a better… Read More

Working with the National University of Laos on water resource management

ANDREA HAEFNER | Adjunct Research Fellow Dr. Andrea Haefner is passionate about water governance and water resource management, and will be working for… Read More

Why Myanmar’s rumor mill is always spinning

ANDREW SELTH  | There is something about Myanmar that encourages conspiracy theories and wild rumors. Not only does the country create them in abundance,… Read More

The potential for Army-Police rivalry in Myanmar

ANDREW SELTH  | Since December 2015, a rumour has been circulating in Yangon that the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s armed forces is investigating several police… Read More

Water governance in the Mekong subregion: Changing times for the Mekong River Commission

Mekong River Subregion ANDREA HAEFNER | The Mekong River is the largest river in Southeast Asia and hosts a unique and… Read More

Myanmar’s armed forces: obstacle or ally for reform?

ANDREW SELTH  | It has long been the mantra of Myanmar’s leader-in-waiting Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy, echoed by… Read More

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