Southeast Asia Snapshot #16
SOVINDA PO | A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making the news in Southeast Asia Blinkin cuts short his ASEAN visit The US… Read More
Myanmar
Myanmar’s annus horribilis
ANDREW SELTH | It has been just over a year since Myanmar emphatically re-elected Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy as the… Read More
Delivering services to respond to sexual and gender-based violence in fragile contexts
PHYU PHYU OO AND SARA E DAVIES | The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 1 in 3 women aged 15 and older… Read More
Uptight and uncomfortable
RENÉE JEFFERY | Human rights occupy a curiously uncomfortable place in Australian foreign policy. Like liberal democracies the world over, Australia’s foreign policy… Read More
Southeast Asia Snapshot #14
SOVINDA PO | A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making the news in Southeast Asia. APEC Leaders’ Summit sets the scene for Thailand in… Read More
If pushed far enough, would Myanmar leave ASEAN?
ANDREW SELTH | The decision by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations not to invite Myanmar’s military leader to two related summits… Read More
Could defections threaten the survival of Myanmar’s military regime?
ANDREW SELTH | When Myanmar’s generals seized power on 1 February, sparking an immediate and massive public reaction, it soon became clear the coup… Read More
Myanmar’s military mindset
ANDREW SELTH | Between 1988, when a pro-democracy uprising in Myanmar was crushed by the country’s security forces, and the installation of a quasi-civilian… Read More
Myanmar: No light on the horizon
ANDREW SELTH | Predicting Myanmar’s future has always been a risky business. It opened up to academics, journalists and others after the abortive 1988… Read More
COVID-19 and a coup: Blockage of internet and social media access further exacerbate gender-based violence risks for women in Myanmar
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized control of the country and detained State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint,… Read More
