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Interdisciplinary field schools to Southeast Asia help Australian students see the region as part of their future, writes THUSHARA DIBLEY. Housing in Singapore, transport in
Greed the unseen peril on Myanmar’s road to democracy
The international surge in investments, and political opportunism, are doing little to help Myanmar’s already weak civil society evolve in the interest of all. JONATHAN
Anxiety persists over India’s new government
Early signs are mixed that India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, can deliver on his promise to create a genuinely inclusive sense of nationhood. Why
Sri Lankan government unmoved by UN report on human rights abuses
With backing from powerful friends, Sri Lanka remains immune to international concern over its human rights record. Damien Kingsbury reports. A certain predictability has developed
China and Vietnam square off in war of attrition over disputed waters
China’s deployment of an oil rig in waters near the strategically located Paracel Islands has severely strained bilateral relations with Vietnam, writes Carlyle A. Thayer
Erdoğan moves against ‘parallel state’
The rift between the Gülen movement and Turkey’s ruling party is widening, says DAVID TITTENSOR. The Gülen movement, which its 72-year-old founder, retired imam Fethullah
Malaysia struggles to escape the middle-income trap
Malaysia’s economic reforms are under question, writes GREG LOPEZ. The term ’middle-income trap’ possibly first entered Malaysia’s official policy lexicon when Premier Najib Razak (pictured
Judiciary shows its true colours in Thailand’s coup
The recent ousting of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reflects a judiciary that has become politically interventionist and remarkably powerful, writes KEVIN HEWISON. In May 2014,
Missing Sombath a test for ASEAN
ASEAN’s weak response to the disappearance of Lao community worker Sombath Somphone, writes KEARRIN SIMS, raises questions about the strength of the institution’s commitment to
‘Invisible’ Indonesia could show path to Islamic democracy in the Middle East
Long regarded as peripheral to the mainstream Islamic world, Indonesia could have much to teach the Middle East about Muslim democracy, writes JEAN GELMAN TAYLOR.
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