Southeast Asia
‘First They Killed My Father’: A beautiful film that could help Hun Sen
Angelina Jolie has directed and produced a terrifying film in First They Killed My Father, probably the best yet about Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia. Beautifully shot and wonderfully…
Myanmar: A test case for India’s regional ambition
India has scored a string of recent geopolitical victories in Asia: the alleged sale of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile to Vietnam; a further deepening of the strategic…
Analyses
Managing economic risk in Asia: A strategy for Australia
Australia can use its economic diplomacy to manage economic risks in the region, and should engage with the International Monetary Fund and regional partners to close gaps in…
Quick comment: Milton Osborne on Cambodia’s crackdown
In the middle of the night on Saturday, hundreds of police surrounded Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha's house. Despite his parliamentary immunity, they arrested him and took…
Commentary
'Aung San Suu Kyi makes things worse for Rohingya'
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald (Photo: Getty Images/Pool)
Aaron L Connelly
Indonesia is talking tough on drugs, and Australians should listen
Last month, Indonesian President Joko Widodo issued a stern missive to the law enforcement agencies responsible for tackling drug crime: 'Be firm, especially to foreign drug…
Addressing global capital flows
International capital flows present serious policy challenges. In textbook economics, such flows are unambiguously beneficial. But volatile flows were a key cause of the 1997…
Timor-Leste’s critical window on ASEAN
Amid the celebrations of ASEAN's 50th birthday last week, the question of whether Timor-Leste will soon be granted full membership lingers.
ASEAN membership is the cornerstone of…
Growing extremism as source of strategic instability in Asia
North Korea's growing nuclear brinkmanship, renewed tensions between India and China along their disputed border and persistent frictions in the South China Sea have all…