Regional wrap
Thursday
4th July
2019
The past fortnight would be best described as surreal and bizarre; surreal because one witnessed leaders of countries seemingly hostile…
Category Archive: Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
Tuesday
2nd July
2019
CAITLIN BYRNE | What a weekend it’s been: global leadership, diplomacy and theatrics, all at play on the world…
Diplomatic intelligence
Friday
21st June
2019
ANDREW SELTH | When I joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1973, my fellow trainees and I…
Regional wrap
Thursday
20th June
2019
This fortnight, millions of Hong Kongers took to the streets to protest against a proposed bill that would allow…
Time to focus on foreign policy for the sake of Australia’s future
Thursday
16th May
2019
Australians face a set of decisions in foreign policy arguably more important to us than any national decisions since the…
Hun Sen’s natural bilateral “bestie”
Wednesday
15th May
2019
On the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum in China last month, Cambodia’s Hun Sen was busy. He…
Myanmar: Pariah status no bar to defence modernisation
Wednesday
8th May
2019
ANDREW SELTH | Despite criticisms, sanctions and embargoes, Myanmar is strengthening military ties with neighbours and friends. It has been…
Regional wrap
Thursday
25th April
2019
The last fortnight was marred by yet another man-made tragedy in this part of the world, a terrorist attack…
Myanmar’s intelligence apparatus under Aung San Suu Kyi
Tuesday
16th April
2019
ANDREW SELTH | When Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) took office in 2016,…
Regional wrap
Thursday
11th April
2019
The last fortnight witnessed a few key developments in the Indo-Pacific region. The most significant one for Australia, was the…