Southeast Asia
Commentary
Opposition maneuvers represent big challenges for Jokowi
Opposition maneuvers represent big challenges for JokowiAdelle NearyCogitASIA3 October 2014Please click here for the online text.Adelle Neary
Analyses
Southern Thailand: From Conflict to Negotiations?
In this Analysis, University of Leeds professor Duncan McCargo argues that the recent Malaysian-backed Southern Thai peace initiative has now run into some serious problems. He…
Commentary
Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific way
Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific wayRory MedcalfThe Jakarta Globe31 March 2014Please click here for the online text.Rory Medcalf
Analyses
More talk than walk: Indonesia as a foreign policy actor
In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Australian National University visiting fellow Dr Dave McRae argues that Indonesia is unlikely to become a significantly…
Commentary
Bangun dari Tidur, Lihat Kekuatan Angkatan Laut China
In this Indonesian-language article for Media Indonesia, Rory Medcalf and Dr C Raja Mohan explore the strategic implications of China's recent naval foray into the waters…
Commentary
Abbott's failure to listen escalates spying row
In an opinion piece in The Drum, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae says that Tony Abbott's failure to proactively defuse the spying row with Indonesia has…
Speeches
Lowy Lecture Series: 'Indo-Pacific balancing act - In search of a middle power coalition' by Dr C. Raja Mohan
On 9 October 2013, leading Indian strategic thinker and Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Dr C Raja Mohan delivered a public lecture on the prospects of developing a middle…
Commentary
India's subtle China strategy
In this article for The National Interest, Danielle Rajendram argues that India deserves more credit for the way it has managed its relations with China in the face of…
Commentary
Dicing with death penalties in Indonesia
Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae has published an article in Chatham House's The World Today on the ramifications at home of protecting citizens abroad from the…
Commentary
U.S. soft power & the rebalance: Public diplomacy in New Zealand and Indonesia
In this article for CSIS' CogitASIA blog, Lowy Institute Thawley Scholar Jack Georgieff looks at US soft power and public diplomacy in New Zealand and Indonesia, and how that…