Asia and Pacific
Cambodia: A humbled Hun Sen?
Much of the external commentary on the Cambodian election results has had a distinct character of schadenfreude, with the Economist's take a typical example.
I have no doubt that…
Singapore, you're creeping us out
Actually, that headline's a little unfair. It's Mentos that's responsible for this weird four-minute ad to mark Singapore's National Day (9 August). Last year Mentos produced a…
China links: Aircraft carrier, steel, airports, hackers, proverbs and more
Photos emerge of components that could be for China's first home-built aircraft carrier. Naval experts I'm talking to say there's too little to go on from these pictures alone.
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The EU's dysfunctional asylum system
Benedict Coleridge recently worked as a policy researcher for Jesuit Refugee Service Europe. He will soon begin graduate study at the University of Oxford.
I recently returned…
Indonesia relations: Three lessons from Timor
Iain Henry is a Fulbright Scholar and PhD Candidate at ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He tweets at @IainDHenry.
Recent events have thrust the Australia…
Views across the Pacific: North Korea
The Lowy Institute and leading US think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) present a new video discussion series called 'Views Across the Pacific'…
Asylum seekers: The cost to Defence
There must be days when the Chief of the Defence Force and Secretary of Defence pine for the creation of an Australian Coast Guard, just so they can prise the Australian Defence…
Youth vote emerges in Cambodia
Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party remains firmly in power following Sunday's elections, but with a substantially reduced majority.
With an officially announced 68 seats won to…
Emerging economies: Why so gloomy?
Ever since the 2008 financial crisis left many advanced economies in disarray, global growth has been sustained only through the continued spectacular performance of the emerging…
China links: CCP, green tech, football, skyscrapers, diasporas and more
Asahi Shimbun has published part 1 of a new series on the inner workings of China's communist party.
How to survive dinner with a China expert. (Thanks Dirk.)
Most Chinese…