Journeys without maps in Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | More open politics and new technologies are putting much of the country back on the beaten path. When I lived… Read More
Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
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The water-energy-food nexus in the Mekong subregion: Uneven trade-offs
ANDREA HAEFNER | The Mekong River, flowing through Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, is the largest river in Southeast Asia. It… Read More
Rule of law in Cambodia – reflections from the field
Cambodia has regularly ranked very poorly on international rule of law indexes. In 2015, The World Justice Project ranked Cambodia 99th of 102 countries surveyed,… Read More
More name games in Burma/Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | Regular readers of The Interpreter will know that, over the past few years, this site has closely followed the Australian government’s… Read More
Heroines, heroes and villains
ANDREW SELTH | In the second article of a two-part series, Andrew Selth takes a look at superheroes and more in Myanmar comics. Over… Read More
Wars and rumors of wars
ANDREW SELTH | In the first of a two-part series, Andrew Selth explores the relationship between conflict and comics in yesterday’s Myanmar. In his… Read More
Industry roundtable with Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson
The Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) participated in an industry roundtable on Thursday 27th July in Brisbane with the current Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson,… Read More
Colonial-era pulp fiction portrays ‘technicolor’ Myanmar
ANDREW SELTH | Ask foreign visitors to Myanmar what literary works they associate with the country and the chances are that most will cite… Read More
The challenge of decentralisation in Indonesia and the business case for Musrenbang
As a process that tends to span decades, decentralisation in Indonesia continues to frustrate foreign businesses with confusion over the roles of central, provincial and… Read More
The autocratic mandate: elections, legitimacy and regime stability in Singapore
The existence of ‘hybrid regimes’ occupying a grey zone between liberal democracy and closed authoritarianism is firmly established. This conceptual category is designed to capture… Read More
