Southeast Asia snapshot #55
SOVINDA PO | The political situation in Cambodia Cambodia held its national election on 23 July 2023 with 18 political parties registered… Read More
Commentary
Has history left Aung San Suu Kyi behind?
ANDREW SELTH | It has been suggested recently that Myanmar’s imprisoned State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been left behind by history… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 19 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Prime Minister Sogavare returns from China The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, has returned from a trip… Read More
Soft balancing and the slow demise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
IAN HALL | On July 4, 2023, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation virtual leaders’ summit. Much of the … Read More
What’s behind Australia’s $1 billion defence deal with Germany?
PETER LAYTON | Early last year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a major historical turning point—a zeitenwende. That turning point… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #54
SOVINDA PO | Indonesia moves site of ASEAN military drills away from the South China Sea In less than a month after… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 7: The rise of left-leaning neo-liberalism
RON BEVACQUA | This blog began last year by marking the 50th anniversary of a new approach to economic development and poverty reduction. Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 5 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Shipping and climate change in focus for Pacific countries Negotiations ahead of this week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization… Read More
Australian Defence’s Forgotten Indian Ocean Territories
PETER LAYTON | ‘Location, location, location’ is the key to understanding Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories (IOT). Christmas Island is some 1500km from Australia with… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #53
SOVINDA PO | ASEAN to hold its first joint military exercise The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will conduct its first-ever… Read More
