East Asia Forum

Author: Christian Kurzydlowski, Toronto India’s post-colonial transition to capitalism has been mirrored by marketeering slogans. Currently, it is enticing foreign capital through the ‘Make i...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/17/make-in-indias-muslim-marginalisation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-in-indias-muslim-marginalisation

Author: Editorial Board, ANU Ahead of the Rome G20 Summit in October 2021, the G20 looked like it was in danger of losing the plot. What a relief, then, to see Indonesia bring the G20 back to its...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/17/jokowi-begins-the-fight-against-lame-duck-status-in-indonesias-g20-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jokowi-begins-the-fight-against-lame-duck-status-in-indonesias-g20-year

Authors: Haryo Aswicahyono, CSIS Jakarta and Hal Hill, ANU It takes a serious crisis to reveal a country’s fundamental strengths and vulnerabilities. As in all countries, the COVID-19 pandemic ...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/16/indonesias-year-of-living-hopefully/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=indonesias-year-of-living-hopefully

Author: Kerryn Baker, ANU In 2021, the Pacific Islands saw dramatic change with the threatened exit of Micronesian states from the Pacific Islands Forum and the fall of the region’s longest ser...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/15/history-repeats-itself-in-2021-for-the-pacific-islands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=history-repeats-itself-in-2021-for-the-pacific-islands

Author: Julian Dierkes, UBC Through a castling move in cabinet and a presidential election, the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) solidified its dominance in 2021. Persistently high COVID-19 infec...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/15/another-pandemic-year-another-election-for-mongolia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=another-pandemic-year-another-election-for-mongolia

Author: Nguyen Khac Giang, Victoria University of Wellington The Mekong region started 2021 with a blow as the Myanmar military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government. The co...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/14/authoritarianism-amplified-in-the-mekong-region/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=authoritarianism-amplified-in-the-mekong-region

Author: Scott MacWilliam, ANU Along with the rest of the world in 2021, Fiji faced a virus whose capacities for continuing mutation are not yet entirely known. While some comfort has appeared for...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/14/the-politics-of-covid-19-and-military-government-in-fiji/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-politics-of-covid-19-and-military-government-in-fiji

Author: Nguyen Anh Duong, Central Institute for Economic Management Following years of effort, in 2015 Vietnam concluded negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. After the...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/13/time-for-vietnam-to-get-cracking-on-cptpp-reforms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-for-vietnam-to-get-cracking-on-cptpp-reforms

Author: Stella Jang, University of Sydney South Korea’s transgender community are repressed, underrepresented and often overlooked. Government identity documents and surveys do not capture sex ...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/13/south-koreas-transgender-community-pushes-for-recognition-and-acceptance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=south-koreas-transgender-community-pushes-for-recognition-and-acceptance

Author: Stephen Levine, Victoria University of Wellington For New Zealand, as elsewhere, 2021 was dominated by efforts to protect against COVID-19, with the pandemic continuing to pose challenges...

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/01/12/returning-to-normalcy-in-arderns-new-zealand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=returning-to-normalcy-in-arderns-new-zealand