Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia

Map of Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Timor Leste and the Philippines.

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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in Southeast Asia.

Pak Beng consultation process improved, but to what end?

ANDREA HAEFNER | Last week, over 190 representatives from different interest groups including the Mekong River Commission’s (MRC) Secretariat, member countries, development partners,… Read More

Why Myanmar’s military is not planning a coup

ANDREW SELTH  | Speculation about military intentions makes for a good conspiracy theory but facts tell a different story. Myanmar has always encouraged conspiracy… Read More

The emergence of universal healthcare in Indonesia

While the debate on universal healthcare coverage (UHC) often focuses on policy prescription and technical issues, the expansion of access to healthcare in developing countries… Read More

Suu Kyi’s Myanmar, one year on

ANDREW SELTH  | Twelve months ago, Aung San Suu Kyi was appointed State Counsellor of Myanmar, becoming the de facto leader of the National… Read More

Myanmar and Aung San: The resurrection of an icon

ANDREW SELTH  | In this post on The Interpreter, Andray Abrahamian recently drew attention to the Myanmar government’s decision to name a bridge… Read More

Sovereignty and the sea: How Indonesia became an archipelagic state

John Butcher, an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies and Griffith Asia Institute recently published a book, co-authored with… Read More

Singapore’s air force reinvents itself

PETER LAYTON | Since 2005, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has been steadily reinventing itself as a ‘third generation’ force in accordance with… Read More

The wisdom in the literature

ANDREW SELTH  | Andrew Selth outlines why past generations’ accumulated literary and scholarly work on Myanmar is at risk of being lost —… Read More

Negotiating for water resources – bridging transboundary river basins

ANDREA HAEFNER | Dr Andrea Haefner, an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Griffith Asia Institute, recently published a book focusing on transboundary river… Read More

A war against drugs or democracy?

‘The Philippines is a fascist state in all but name only’ according to leading Philippines’ academic Professor Walden Bello speaking at the recent Philippines project… Read More