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13 Feb 2024 ASEAN summit a chance for Australia to reach out to mainland Southeast Asia Hadrien T. Saperstein Melbourne gathering is a unique chance for Australia to relate to Cambodia, Laos and Thailand in ways that do not depend on geopolitical alignment.
13 Feb 2024 Russia’s shadow tanker fleet runs into trouble Selwyn Parker Every day, millions of barrels of oil are being transported by ships with obscured ownership and origin. But is the game up?
26 May 2023 Home grown: Building a stronger food system in Laos Genevieve Donnellon-May Reducing reliance on imports should be the aim in ensuring the country is not hostage to global market volatility.
2 May 2023 What price will Laos need to pay to be saved, and will China pay it? Mariza Cooray The debt-burdened Southeast Asian nation offers China a chance to recast its reputation.
14 Apr 2023 Mekong River: Turning declaration into actions Andrea Haefner Millions rely on Southeast Asia’s biggest river and promises made in Vientiane last week must be kept.
16 Mar 2023 Economic diplomacy: unlocked Laos looks for new links Greg Earl The once isolated and landlocked nation has become an unlikely partner in Australia’s latest push into the region.
6 Mar 2023 Mekong River: Work has begun on the Luang Prabang Dam site Milton Osborne Environmental and heritage reviews are unlikely to stop the Lao government forging ahead with its hydroelectric plans.
9 Feb 2023 With caution and tact: How Asian countries voted on Ukraine at the UN Stéphanie Fillion A resolution forces nations to show their hand. After Russia’s invasion, consistency has not been to everyone’s liking.
16 May 2022 Diplomacy is indispensable to manage the Mekong Anoulak Kittikhoun The goal of a healthy river won’t be helped by misreading the shared mission of the Mekong River Commission.
12 Apr 2022 How the Mekong River Commission ignores reality Milton Osborne Nothing is worth celebrating in how a once mighty wild river has been cruelly tamed.
7 Mar 2022 Reading Southeast Asia on Ukraine Susannah Patton Russia’s invasion has unified the West with new clarity, yet exposed ambiguity and uncertainty in Southeast Asia.
11 Jan 2022 Kip-to-currency? Helen Clark One of Asia’s tiny communist nations is looking at blockchain to fuel an economic boom.
29 Jul 2021 Bad news for Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Milton Osborne Climate change, yes, but other factors, too.
11 Aug 2020 Chinese dams and the Mekong drought Milton Osborne The environmental impact of China’s dam building upstream is undeniable. The silence from some quarters is surprising.
28 Jul 2020 What’s the secret to Southeast Asia’s Covid success stories? Dominic Meagher There is no secret.
10 Mar 2020 On the Mekong, Khon Pi rapids saved – for now Milton Osborne The drive to dam the river continues to outpace real understanding of the dams’ impact.
15 Jan 2020 Another dam on the Mekong Milton Osborne In the face of environmental destruction and threats to livelihoods, a new dam project is being pushed through in Laos.
11 Feb 2019 The fight to preserve the Khon Pi Luang rapids Milton Osborne China is pushing to expand its navigation of the Mekong River, raising tricky questions of sovereignty and environment.
25 Jul 2018 Laos dam collapse and stress on the Mekong Milton Osborne The dam collapse in Laos once again focuses attention on the massive expansion of hydropower in the Mekong Basin.