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Southeast Asia Aid Map 2024
Interactives
Southeast Asia Aid Map 2024
The second edition of the Southeast Asia Aid Map, encompassing the period from 2015 to 2022, includes comprehensive data on more than 120,000 projects carried out by 107…
Constrained Recovery: Global Shocks and Emerging Southeast Asia
Data Snapshot
Constrained Recovery: Global Shocks and Emerging Southeast Asia
How growth and development in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam have been reshaped by the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Outrage is not a policy: Coming to terms with Myanmar’s fragmented state
Analyses
Outrage is not a policy: Coming to terms with Myanmar’s fragmented state
To remain relevant to Myanmar’s future development, the West should support parallel state-building in liberated areas.
Cambodia at a critical juncture in its development journey
Commentary
Cambodia at a critical juncture in its development journey
This commentary was originally published by the Cambodia Development Resource Institute. 
Enhancing Australia's Taiwan ties
Policy Briefs
Enhancing Australia's Taiwan ties
Australia has limited its economic and political engagements with Taiwan due to fears of upsetting China. Is now the right time for change?
Concerns over China-backed high-speed railway do not derail Indonesia’s agency
Commentary
Concerns over China-backed high-speed railway do not derail Indonesia’s agency
Originally published in Channel News Asia, 6 November 2023.
Managing power conflict spillover in Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Commentary
Managing power conflict spillover in Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Originally published in The Jakarta Post, 6 November 2023.
Labor's AUKUS woes a boon for Beijing
Commentary
Labor's AUKUS woes a boon for Beijing
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review, 3 November 2023.
China-Australia thaw reveals limits of Beijing's economic coercion
Commentary
China-Australia thaw reveals limits of Beijing's economic coercion
Originally published in Nikkei Asia, 25 October 2023.