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Challenging the stigma against former girl child soldiers
Case studies on female child soldiers in Sri Lanka and Nepal by Kate Macfarlane find that the social stigma of being a former child soldier is harder to overcome for girls than boys. Rarely do...
ANU Fellow wins prestigious political science prize
Dr Paul D Kenny, Fellow in the Department of Political and Social Change at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, was announced the winner of the American Political Science Association’s prestigious...
Is a second Sino-Indian border war imminent?
The Sino-Indian standoff in the Doklam (Donglang in Chinese) region of the Himalayas where the borders of China, India and Bhutan converge is now nearly two months old. The dispute arose in mid-June...
Is ASEAN a newfound voice for the Rohingya?
The democratisation of Myanmar, culminating in the National League for Democracy’s assumption of power in early 2016, was meant to mark a step forward for the Rohingya. The hopes of the international...
Strategic partnerships: Helping or hindering security?
Strategic partnerships are becoming central to the management of international security in the Asia-Pacific region. All the major powers and many of the minor ones have entered into multiple...
Digital Frontiers in the Asia-Pacific
From farmers who use Facebook in Myanmar to fighting Islamic militants with memes, digital spaces and technologies are transforming media, politics and society in Asia and the Pacific.They are also...
New Horizons
From recruiting terrorists online to using memes to insult Islamic State, the digital realm is rapidly reshaping politics and power in the 21st century. With many more examples like the above, the...
ANU expert shares insights and moderates civil society dialogue on transitional justice in Sri Lanka
Leading expert in human rights, justice and security issues in South Asia, Dr Bina D’Costa, was invited to deliver keynotes, along with Eduardo Gonzalez (the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation...
Going west
A roadside lake on the Karakoram HighwayAt the end of my two-month summer break traversing China collecting new accents, I spent time travelling solo in Xinjiang. From the warm and welcoming oasis of...
Tapping in
Some countries in Southeast Asia have economically benefitted from the emergence and proliferation of production networks, but for others there’s still work to do, writes Buavanh Vilavong....
