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Lessons of Tambora ignored—200 years on from the world’s greatest modern eruption
Amidst commemorations of the Gallipoli landing, writes ANTHONY REID,the anniversary of another, perhaps more significant disaster for humanity, slipped by largely unnoticed. Australia is spending
Study of war memory wins ASAA prize
The annual Wang Gungwu Prize for the best article published in Asian Studies Review (ASR) in 2014 has been won by Dr Karl Gustafsson, Research
Why Australia should join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Australia has no good reasons for staying out of the AIIB, and should join as soon as possible, argues SHAHAR HAMIERI. The surprising recent announcement
Questions begin to stir on Indonesia’s death penalty policy
A select few Indonesian scholars, journalists and activists are urging a rethink of the country’s policy of the death penalty, writes ROSS TAPSELL. Since Indonesia’s
Pioneer of India and South Asia studies inspired a generation of students
Obituary Donald Anthony Low (1927–2015) Anthony Low, the third president of the ASAA in 1981–2 and vice-chancellor of the Australian National University from 1975–82, died
Thailand dictatorship far from benign
Thailand’s military court is being used to process civilian crimes against the crown and state for the first time since the 1970s, writes TYRELL HABERKORN.
Why China is banning Islamic veils—and why it won’t work
The veil has emerged as a key battleground in the Chinese government’s struggle to regain stability in the far-western region of Xinjiang, write TIMOTHY GROSE
Xi stakes out the moral high ground
With his appeals to China’s sense of national greatness, Xi Jinping seems to be following in the footsteps of Mao. KERRY BROWN reports. Meeting Chinese
India’s gender apartheid
Under the guise of traditional cultural practices, the dowry system is becoming a much bigger political and economic aspect of modern Indian society, writes SWATI
Malaysia one step closer to authoritarian rule
The five-year jail sentence imposed on opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim last week, writes JAMES GIGGACHER, raises serious questions about the future of Malaysia’s politics and
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