People love pandas but what’s really behind China’s panda diplomacy?
CAITLIN BYRNE | There is no question, the world loves China’s giant pandas. The enigmatic, reserved herbivores evoke goodwill wherever they travel. With… Read More
Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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Advancing foreign investment in APEC
TONY MAKIN | Since the early 1990s, international trade growth has persistently eclipsed foreign investment growth in the Asia-Pacific. Over this time Asia-Pacific… Read More
Indonesia records its highest increase in COVID cases – and numbers are likely to rise again before they fall
DICKY BUDIMAN | Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself) have unfortunately been predicting. The… Read More
Myanmar: No light on the horizon
ANDREW SELTH | Predicting Myanmar’s future has always been a risky business. It opened up to academics, journalists and others after the abortive 1988… Read More
COVID-19 and a coup: Blockage of internet and social media access further exacerbate gender-based violence risks for women in Myanmar
PHYU PHYU OO AND VANDANA SHARMA | On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized control of the country and detained State Counsellor Daw… Read More
The inclusive institutional balancing of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation
SOVINDA PO AND CHRISTOPHER PRIMIANO | Among the internal players in the Mekong region, Thailand is the most powerful and the most proactive. Read More
Supporting the victims of sexual violence in Myanmar
PHYU PHYU OO AND SARA E DAVIES | Conflict-related sexual violence has been a feature of fighting in Myanmar for decades – a… Read More
International Criminal Court increasing its focus on the Asia Pacific
EMMA PALMER | Government data suggests that at least 8663 thousand people (possibly triple that number) have been killed by police and… Read More
Perspectives:Asia | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia
PERSPECTIVES:ASIA | JIEH-YUNG LO | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia presented by Jieh-Yung Lo, Director, Centre… Read More
Australia’s closed border is costing the economy $36.5 million a day
Australia doesn’t expect to reopen its international borders until well into 2022. The border has been closed since March 2020. That decision has been instrumental… Read More
