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The prime minister said ‘there is so much untapped potential’ in the region of 650 million people to the north of Australia, but ‘not unlimited time.’
Religion and nationalism were once ideologies at odds. Now, they are increasingly bedfellows, with populism often the glue.
As many as 204 million Indonesians are registered to vote in what will be the world’s largest single-day election in 2024.
How should Southeast Asian countries manage algorithmic biases that often unfairly affect minority ethnic groups and women?
Beijing is losing patience with Myanmar’s military, as well as its influence with resistance groups.
Through the power of rituals, inanimate objects can be understood to transform into agents who can see, hear, taste and respond to the concerns of those who worship them.
A Cambodian scholar who fled the Khmer Rouge as a child writes about the legacy of Henry Kissinger, who died at the age of 100 on Nov 28, 2023.
South-East Asia is anxious about the Ukraine war’s impact on regional economies. For New Zealand, that presents more pressing geopolitical priorities than confronting China.
New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.
As current chair of the regional body ASEAN, Indonesia is tasked with resolving a conflict that has killed thousands. Progress has been slow.
Once the context of cultural and territorial appropriation by China in Southeast Asia are understood, Vietnam’s ban of the Barbie movie isn’t surprising.
Social media account of Cambodia’s long-serving leader was deleted amid a spat with Facebook over videoed threats of violence against opposition supporters.
Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religious system in several parts of South and Southeast Asia, but there is a rich diversity of beliefs and practices in this tradition.
NATO’s growing presence in the Pacific evokes a painful history that the western world has never confronted or fully acknowledged.
Since seizing power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has killed more than 3,000 civilians and pro-democracy activists. But the army has struggled to contain an armed resistance movement.
Putting a dollar value on nature has staunch opponents who say it’s morally wrong, but without it, building dams and other infrastructure can run roughshod over vital ecosystems.
Labor has touted a renewed engagement with the Asia-Pacific since coming to power. The submarine deal, however, is not in this spirit.
Indonesia could turn this year’s ASEAN Chairmanship into opportunities that will benefit not just itself, but the region as a whole.
What might seem like ‘normal’ social greetings among many Asian communities can be felt as stigmatising for unmarried and childless women.
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Visiting Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute; Oklahoma State University
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Associate Professor of World Cultures and Languages, Northern Illinois University
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PhD Candidate in Technology Facilitated Modern Slavery, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate, Transnational Organised Crime at Sea, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor in the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University
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Director, La Trobe Centre for Global Security, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Lecturer in International Relations, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
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Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania
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Senior fellow in demography, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
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Research associate, Adelaide University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow in Non-Traditional Security Studies at RSIS, Nanyang Technological University
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)