Democracy in Myanmar: Who can claim victory?
Thursday
31st March
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Paraphrasing the Roman historian Tacitus, US President John F Kennedy said in 1961 that ‘victory has…
Category Archive: Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Andrew Selth: The lady and authoritarianism in Myanmar
Thursday
31st March
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Over the past few years, there has been a significant shift in public perceptions of Myanmar…
The rats of Rangoon
Wednesday
30th March
2016
ANDREW SELTH | From plague, to meals, to piles and piles of poo — Andrew Selth on the former…
Myanmar foreign policy under Aung San Suu Kyi
Wednesday
30th March
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Last November, the National League for Democracy won a landslide electoral victory in Myanmar. It formed…
Trading amnesty for impunity in Timor-Leste
Thursday
10th March
2016
RENÉE JEFFERY | 1999 marked a turning point in international public policy concerning the inclusion of amnesties for perpetrators…
Who benefits the most? Indonesia’s self-sufficiency versus food security
Tuesday
8th March
2016
Ever since campaigning for the presidency, Joko Widodo or Jokowi has consistently pointed to nine priorities which he has touted…
Working with the National University of Laos on water resource management
Wednesday
2nd March
2016
ANDREA HAEFNER | Adjunct Research Fellow Dr. Andrea Haefner is passionate about water governance and water resource management,…
Why Myanmar’s rumor mill is always spinning
Friday
26th February
2016
ANDREW SELTH | There is something about Myanmar that encourages conspiracy theories and wild rumors. Not only does the…
The potential for Army-Police rivalry in Myanmar
Wednesday
3rd February
2016
ANDREW SELTH | Since December 2015, a rumour has been circulating in Yangon that the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s armed…
Water governance in the Mekong subregion: Changing times for the Mekong River Commission
Thursday
21st January
2016
Mekong River Subregion ANDREA HAEFNER | The Mekong River is the largest river in Southeast Asia and hosts…