Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia

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

Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around partnerships for the goals.

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

Supporting the victims of sexual violence in Myanmar

PHYU PHYU OO AND SARA E DAVIES | Conflict-related sexual violence has been a feature of fighting in Myanmar for decades – a… Read More

International Criminal Court increasing its focus on the Asia Pacific

Government data suggests that at least 8663 thousand people (possibly triple that number) have been killed by police and other groups in the… Read More

Perspectives:Asia | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia

PERSPECTIVES:ASIA | JIEH-YUNG LO | Asian-Australians: Enabling and elevating Australia’s competitive advantage to succeed in Asia presented by Jieh-Yung Lo, Director, Centre… Read More

Australia’s closed border is costing the economy $36.5 million a day

Australia doesn’t expect to reopen its international borders until well into 2022. The border has been closed since March 2020. That decision has been instrumental… Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #13

LUCY WEST | A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Philippines and China hold talks over South China Sea The… Read More

Indonesia responds to the cyber dark side

RETA NABBS-KELLER AND RM WIBAWANTO NUGROHO WIDODO | The “DarkSide” ransomware cyber-attack on the US-based gasoline facility Colonial Pipeline, which has disrupted… Read More

Myanmar and a new kind of civil war

ANDREW SELTH  |   In early 1989, I was passing through Bangkok when a friend from a Western embassy invited me to what she called… Read More

Aung San Suu Kyi’s uncertain fate

ANDREW SELTH  |   In the flood of articles, op-eds and commentaries that has been published since the February coup in Myanmar, surprisingly few have… Read More

Southeast Asia Snapshot #10

A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. ASEAN leaders to meet over Myanmar It is reported that Brunei, the 2021 ASEAN… Read More

Revisiting green bond market development in Viet Nam

TAPAN SARKER | Green bonds (GBs) are being used around the world as a financial tool for raising capital for projects that… Read More

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Our research focuses on the trade and business, politics, governance, security, economies and development of the Asia Pacific and their significance for Australia. Griffith University is committed to advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the region.