Australia’s Chinese diaspora faces a representation deficit
Author: Osmond Chiu, Per Capita Australia’s 2022 federal election marked a turning point in the country’s politics. For the first…
Monks and militias in Myanmar
Authors: Amara Thiha and Marte Nilsen, PRIO The political implications of ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks and ideologies in Myanmar received much…
Hereditary politicians remain dominant in Japan
Author: Purnendra Jain, The University of Adelaide and Daisuke Akimoto, Hosei University In early February 2023, the son of Japan’s…
Myanmar’s arrested environmental activism
Authors: Adam Simpson, University of South Australia, Thomas Kean, International Crisis Group, and Susan Park, University of Sydney In the…
Dangerous divides bedevil Southeast Asia’s majority-Muslim democracies
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Around the time of Indonesia’s 2019 presidential elections, there was great concern about the damage that…
Malaysia follows Indonesia on the road from authoritarian hegemony
Author: Dan Slater, University of Michigan Indonesia and Malaysia have always been similar enough to make direct comparisons promising, but…
Can Fiji keep its democracy in 2023?
Author: Richard Herr, University of Tasmania The most important event for Fiji in 2022 was the peaceful transfer of power…
New PNG government goes for gold
Author: Ronald May, ANU 2022 was an election year in Papua New Guinea (PNG), so electoral politics dominated much of…
Mongolian government under pressure as its foreign policy options are squeezed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Author: Julian Dierkes, UBC Mongolia’s domestic party politics, international relations and economy faced challenges in 2022. The Mongolian People’s Party…
Combatting the cost of living is essential for Singapore
Author: Chang Yee Kwan, National Chengchi University Several major developments marked Singapore’s socio-political landscape in 2022. The government’s annual budget…