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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in Southeast Asia.
As a process that tends to span decades, decentralisation in Indonesia continues to frustrate foreign businesses with confusion over the roles of central, provincial and… Read More
The existence of ‘hybrid regimes’ occupying a grey zone between liberal democracy and closed authoritarianism is firmly established. This conceptual category is designed to capture… Read More
Just as England was known as “the land without music” in Europe early last century, so Australia is on track to being known as the… Read More
ANDREW SELTH | The recent release of former ambassador Trevor Wilson’s book, Eyewitness to Early Reform in Myanmar, prompts a brief look at other… Read More
ANDREW SELTH | Andrew Selth discusses how matchbox labels provide a glimpse into the culture of colonial Burma. In the not so distant past,… Read More
ANDREW SELTH | Over the centuries, popular perceptions of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have been remarkably consistent. The mental pictures of the country… Read More
He’s been called The Punisher, the Maverick Mayor, Firebrand, a Donald Trump, and the outgoing President compared him to Adolf Hitler, but Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte, the… Read More
Indonesian President Joko Widodo swept to power on a wave of optimism for the country, but has he lived up to voters’ expectations? Colin Brown… Read More
ANDREW SELTH | Burma’s recent history, of turmoil and change (including the 1989 renaming to Myanmar), makes it a telling case study for the… Read More
ANDREW SELTH | He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it. The Indian Institute of Advanced Study and the… Read More
