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Money politics and the prisoner’s dilemma
Up to 62 million Indonesians offered material benefits in return for their vote during the 2014 legislative election.How prevalent is money politics in Indonesia, and under what conditions are they...
After the vote
The 8 November vote in Myanmar pitted the incumbent Union Solidarity and Development Party against Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy.In one corner is the successor to the old military...
Australia has a duty of care to refugees
A Somali refugee who is pregnant as the result of an alleged rape was last Friday returned to Nauru without the abortion she was asking for. The woman, known as Abyan, was flown from Nauru to...
Don't attack Transfield over detention centres, attack the contract
Incidents of asylum seeker self-harm occur roughly every four days in the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru. This is no official secret. Transfield, the company in charge of Australia’s...
Taiwan's election result could push US and China closer to conflict
With tensions over Taiwan rising, Australia might have to ask itself a tough question. Read Taiwan's election result could push US and China closer to conflict.
Secret history revealed: ASIO during the protest years
The period between the end of the Menzies era and the fall of the Whitlam government shaped the type of country Australia is today but between the unprecedented street protests and political upheaval...
The limits of big 'P' politics in Myanmar's elections
As Myanmar prepares for historic polls in November, moral ideas of citizen-led social assistance continue to loom large.With Myanmar’s historic November elections fast approaching, prospective...
The China-Japan relationship
At the Asan Forum, Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Amy King and Tessa Morris-Suzuki debate alternative scenarios on how history will influence the future China-Japan relationship. Click here to access this...
Struggling to govern: Afghanistan's National Unity Government one year on
A year into the power-sharing arrangement between Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s National Unity Government (NUG) is struggling.The...
Turnbull: any implications for Indonesia?
After the dramatic leadership spill within the Liberal Party of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull was elected to replace Tony Abbott as the new Australian prime minister. Whereas Abbott was the...
