Democracy in Myanmar: Who can claim victory?
ANDREW SELTH | Paraphrasing the Roman historian Tacitus, US President John F Kennedy said in 1961 that ‘victory has a thousand fathers but defeat… Read More
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
