New manager of strategic development
Dr Kathleen Turner is currently Manager Strategy at the Griffith Asia Institute (GAI), Griffith University where she leads the Institute’s national and international program of… Read More
Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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Order versus chaos in Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | In his 1968 book “Political Order in Changing Societies”, American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington wrote that violence and instability were… Read More
Burma (Myanmar) since the 1988 uprising: A select bibliography, 2nd Edition
By Andrew Selth, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University PUBLISHED BY: Griffith University ISBN: 9781922216717 PUBLICATION DATE: 2015 Read the digital version of the… Read More
Toilet technology – adoption is more complex than design
In most situations and most places, toilets and defecation are taboo topics for discussion. They are at the bottom of the list of topics for… Read More
The realities of power in Myanmar
Over the past few months, articles and op-eds by experts and others on Myanmar’s general elections have covered almost every conceivable aspect of the subject. Read More
2015 Australia – Indonesia Dialogue
Griffith Asia Institute and The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) jointly hosted the 3rd Australia-Indonesia Dialogue in Brisbane, Australia on 9-10 September 2015. The aim… Read More
Mr Jokowi goes to Washington
When the Indonesian president, Mr Jokowi, set off for Washington on 25 October, expectations about the outcomes of the visit were not especially high. While… Read More
The theatre of authoritarian elections: why Myanmar is going to the polls
On Sunday, Myanmar will conduct general elections for its regional and state assemblies, and the lower and upper houses of the national parliament. This marks… Read More
Reflections of six weeks of fieldwork in Cambodia
Lucy West, a PhD candidate and 2015 recipient of the GAI Conference and Travel Grant for HDR students, recently returned from 6 weeks fieldwork in… Read More
8th international Asia Pacific Writers and Translators’ conference
APWT – ‘A Profoundly Important Organization’ Asia Pacific Writers and Translators, a regional literary network started a decade ago at the Griffith Asia Institute, recently… Read More
