Training program on water governance for Lao officials
ANDREA HAEFNER | During September, fifteen Lao nationals from the Faculty of Water Resources, National University of Laos and the Department of Water… Read More
Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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A big step back for Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | It is always difficult to know exactly what is happening in Myanmar, particularly when eye-witness accounts and reliable reports are dismissed… Read More
A Contested Asia: What comes after US strategic predominance?
2017 Griffith Asia Lecture by Mr Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 6 September 2017… Read More
Fallen idol
ANDREW SELTH | There was a time, not so long ago, when Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was hailed by the international… Read More
Australia–Philippines strategic relations: taking the long view
The Philippines is poised to become strategically more important to Australia, leading to opportunities for intensified defence cooperation. At a recent dialogue held in Manila… Read More
Deepening the Australia-Philippines relationship
On Friday 21 July 2017, the Griffith Asia Institute was delighted to participate in an Australia-Philippines dialogue facilitated by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the… Read More
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Tatmadaw
ANDREW SELTH | The democratically elected government in Myanmar under Aung San Suu Kyi has so far disappointed many voters and international observers. Her… Read More
The battle for Southeast Asia’s soul
PETER LAYTON | Media headlines are stolen by talk of China’s island building in the South China Sea and whether Australia should join in Freedom… Read More
Incident at Three Pagodas Pass
ANDREW SELTH | After decades of strained bilateral relations, Australia’s defence ties with Myanmar are gradually being restored. The office of the Defence… Read More
Abe’s South Korea challenge
Why democracy on the Peninsula presents a problem for Japan South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s push for peace on the Korean Peninsula threatens to undercut… Read More
