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The Rohingya and regional failure
The ongoing humanitarian crisis exposes dangerous vacuum at the centre of ASEAN's commitment to be 'people-centred', writes MATHEW DAVIES Myanmar’s membership of ASEAN, achieved in 1997, has always...
Former Treasurer Wayne Swan launches UN report at Coral Bell School
Former Treasurer Wayne Swan has spoken on the need to address income inequality in developing and developed countries in the region, at the launch of the UN Economic and Social Survey of Asia and...
Putting down roots
A new student society is helping Myanmar students live Canberra and ANU life to the fullest. Imagine arriving in Australia and being so overwhelmed by the technology, that even the concept of using...
Australia can change Asia for the better
Australia has the resources and clout to push for major change in the region, including issues as divisive as the death penalty. The real challenge is whether we have the ideas, arguments and...
Asia still festers over WWII wounds
Australia may have just marked 100 years since the failed Gallipoli campaign. But it is the anniversary of another war and its legacies we should be keeping our eyes own, write Nick Bisley and...
Why Australia should have joined the AIIB last November
If Australia is serious about infrastructure then it should have signed up to the Chinese bank months ago, writes Susan Harris-Rimmer. Australia has announced that it is signing on to the China-led...
Peake top of the pile with ACT book of the year
Stories of Timor-Leste by ANU College of Asia and the Pacific academic wins $10,000 prize. Memoirs from a foreign aid posting to Timor-Leste has culminated in ANU College of Asia and the Pacific...
Is Australia's engagement with Asia over?
A new book on Australia’s role in Asia finds the country has moved to a new phase in its relationships with the region.From towing back boats to cattle bans and ignored pleas for clemency, it would...
When bad politics can lead to good policy
We're often told good policy is good politics. Sometimes however what seems like terrible politics can create good policy. So it is with Australia's submarines, writes ANDREW CARR.Ever since the last...
Don't shoot the messenger
Keeping death row inmates alive is one of the best chances of success in Joko Widodo’s war on drugs, write Clarke Jones and James Giggacher. Indonesia has announced that death row inmates and '...
