There is much for Australia to admire about neighbour Singapore
Friday
1st July
2016
Just as England was known as “the land without music” in Europe early last century, so Australia is on track…
Category Archive: Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Old Burma hands write on the ‘odd man out in Asia’
Monday
6th June
2016
ANDREW SELTH | The recent release of former ambassador Trevor Wilson’s book, Eyewitness to Early Reform in Myanmar, prompts…
Colonial Burma, history and phillumeny
Tuesday
24th May
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Andrew Selth discusses how matchbox labels provide a glimpse into the culture of colonial Burma. In…
Colonial Burma, as seen through collectible cards
Thursday
12th May
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Over the centuries, popular perceptions of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, have been remarkably consistent. The…
Duterte – The Filipino Trump gets elected
Tuesday
10th May
2016
He’s been called The Punisher, the Maverick Mayor, Firebrand, a Donald Trump, and the outgoing President compared him to Adolf…
Assessing the Jokowi presidency
Friday
6th May
2016
Indonesian President Joko Widodo swept to power on a wave of optimism for the country, but has he lived up…
Burma after forty years
Thursday
28th April
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Burma’s recent history, of turmoil and change (including the 1989 renaming to Myanmar), makes it a…
Kipling’s Burma and Myanmar’s Kipling
Tuesday
26th April
2016
ANDREW SELTH | He knew little about the country, but colonised the West’s imagination about it. The Indian Institute…
The forgiveness dilemma: Emotions and justice at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Wednesday
13th April
2016
RENÉE JEFFERY | In post-conflict politics, the practice of forgiveness is marked by a serious dilemma. For its proponents,…
Perspectives:Asia seminar – ‘Insights Indonesia’
Sunday
10th April
2016
A video recording of the Perspectives:Asia seminar ‘Insights Indonesia’ seminar is now available on our Perspectives:Asia event website. George Roberts, Journalist,…