Abe’s South Korea challenge
Thursday
25th May
2017
Why democracy on the Peninsula presents a problem for Japan South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s push for peace on the…
Category Archive: Region | Indonesia and Southeast Asia
The emergence of universal healthcare in Indonesia
Friday
5th May
2017
While the debate on universal healthcare coverage (UHC) often focuses on policy prescription and technical issues, the expansion of access…
Sovereignty and the sea: How Indonesia became an archipelagic state
Monday
27th March
2017
John Butcher, an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of International Business and Asian Studies and Griffith Asia Institute recently…
A war against drugs or democracy?
Thursday
2nd March
2017
‘The Philippines is a fascist state in all but name only’ according to leading Philippines’ academic Professor Walden Bello speaking…
Southeast Asia expert joins the Griffith Asia Institute
Tuesday
29th November
2016
Dr Diego Fossati joined Griffith Asia Institute in October 2016 after completing his doctoral studies in political science at Cornell…
Lifting US sanctions: right or wrong?
Tuesday
27th September
2016
Lee Morgenbesser looks at the case for and against dropping economic restrictions on Myanmar. Two weeks ago the Obama administration…
Rule of law in Cambodia – reflections from the field
Thursday
25th August
2016
Cambodia has regularly ranked very poorly on international rule of law indexes. In 2015, The World Justice Project ranked Cambodia…
Industry roundtable with Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Paul Grigson
Monday
1st August
2016
The Griffith Asia Institute (GAI) participated in an industry roundtable on Thursday 27th July in Brisbane with the current Australian…
Indonesia alumni event in Jakarta
Friday
5th June
2015
Griffith University Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), Professor Sarah Todd, and Griffith Asia Institute Director, Professor Russell Trood, led a delegation to Jakarta…
The challenge of decentralisation in Indonesia and the business case for Musrenbang
Wednesday
6th July
2016
As a process that tends to span decades, decentralisation in Indonesia continues to frustrate foreign businesses with confusion over the…