Authors: Geethanjali Nataraj and Richa Sekhani, Observer Research Foundation After tense ties during the Rajapaksa administration, newly elected Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to visit...
Authors: Purnendra Jain and Peter Mayer, University of Adelaide The tale of the recent February Delhi assembly elections shows how quickly political fortunes can decline. Prime...
Author: Tom Westland, East Asia Forum Few countries have done so well out of China’s belated economic awakening as Australia, which has sated much of the...
Author: Peter Drysdale, East Asia Forum After a decisive election victory on 14 December, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would seem to be in an extremely...
Author: Arun Swamy, University of Guam The story of 2014 in India was the story of Narendra Modi’s rise from chief minister of Gujarat to prime...
Read the original here: Maximum levels of Corruption hitted Thailand in 2012 With a well-developed infrastructure, a free-enterprise economy, generally pro-investment policies, and strong export industries,...
Author: Gareth Evans, ANU Things just haven’t clicked the way they should have in the Australian–ASEAN relationship. We seem far removed from the time when as...
Author: Shen Dingli, Fudan University There is currently much talk about whether China’s President Xi Jinping is shifting away from collective leadership. Western observers tend to...
Author: Thitinan Pongsudhirak Thai politics has completed a dramatic turn from electoral authoritarianism under deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra in 2001–2006 to a virtual military government under...