Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia

Map of Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Timor Leste and the Philippines.

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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in Southeast Asia.

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

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

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