Regional wrap
Thursday
17th May
2018
US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement with Iran dominated…
Category Archive: Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Markets vs voters and the 2018 Malaysian elections: The questionable credibility of credit rating agencies
Monday
14th May
2018
YAN ISLAM | Millions of ordinary voters in Malaysia mustered moral courage and harnessed the yearning for change…
The Rohingya question: Determining who to hold to account
Monday
23rd April
2018
ANDREW SELTH | Ever since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, ethnic minority groups, human rights advocates, and others have argued…
Regional wrap
Thursday
19th April
2018
While the most important global development this fortnight was the US, UK and France’s precision missile strikes in Syria in…
Justice for the Rohingya: Regional responsibility
Thursday
12th April
2018
SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER AND SARA E DAVIES | Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya has passed the threshold for…
Graphic novels chart Myanmar’s history
Monday
9th April
2018
ANDREW SELTH | Exotic climate, turbulent past an inspiration to comic writers Before 1988, Myanmar (then known as Burma)…
Regional wrap
Thursday
5th April
2018
Kim Jong-un’s visit to China and the diplomatic to-and-fro surrounding the upcoming summit meeting between DPRK and the United States…
Justice for the Rohingya: Aung San Suu Kyi as saint or sinner?
Thursday
29th March
2018
SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER AND SARA E DAVIES | Imagine Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi resigns, goes into exile,…
Biggles in Burma: Giving boys what they want
Tuesday
27th March
2018
ANDREW SELTH | When British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quoted the poem ‘Mandalay’ during a visit to Myanmar in…
Regional wrap
Thursday
22nd March
2018
The most-talked about development, this fortnight, is the significant diplomatic coup pulled off by Kim Jong Un in getting Donald…