Of course we should have sympathy for the soccer team trapped in the cave. We should extend similar compassion to those caught up in long-term crises that are harder to tackle.
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The looming prospect of a long stay in the cave has increased fears for the boys’ mental health.
Australian national Antonio Bagnato is on death row in Thailand as that country resumes executions. The federal government must use all diplomatic means to push its anti-death penalty stance.
While many of its Asian neighbours are striving to get smoking under control, Indonesia is the stubborn exception.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees assesses the refugee claims of millions of people worldwide. It needs to be more open about what it discovers and how it makes decisions.
Southeast Asian countires have a goal to integrate their higher education network to give young generations a truly regional experience. Is it possible?
This multi-billion pound industry increasingly involves organised crime groups, who see wildlife as a low risk route to profit.
Just because a group waves the IS flag or claims to be its friend doesn’t mean a global insurgency is underway.
Ten years after the Saffron Revolution in Myanmar, some Theravāda Buddhist monks are now preaching violence against Muslim or Hindu minorities in the name of “holy war”.
Indonesia announces it has outnumbered Thailand in terms of academic publication number. It’s good news but Indonesia needs to make the studies more relevant to get more citations.
Citizens and digital-rights advocates are pushing back against growing cyber repression in Thailand, where sharing the wrong Facebook post can land you in jail.
If the river islands are bombed away and if the riverscape is engineered into something more like a large artificial canal, then endangered species face extinction.
… and why our analysis is a much fairer comparison.
The Australian government must distinguish between horrific crime and a barbaric sentence.
King Rama X is transforming the nominal powers granted by the constitution into real powers to be exercised at his own discretion, restoring a hybrid form of monarchical rule in the Land of Smiles.
From stubborn military rule to religious ‘mobocracy’, five young democracies show signs of slipping backwards.
It would be short-sighted to believe that a more far-reaching transformation than a royal succession might not also be in store for the Kingdom of Thailand.
To end Thailand’s cycle of military and failed civilian governments, its politicians have to go beyond their structurally determined paths and challenge the status quo.
Will the next King of Thailand be able to bear his constitutional duties?
The heir to Thailand’s throne, Maha Vajiralongkorn, enters his reign with no authority other than that of the office he now holds.
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Honorary Associate in Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Weldon E. Thornton Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Lecturer in Modern Asian History, Aberystwyth University
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Reader in International Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Tourism, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Southeast Asian History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia
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Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate in Anthropology, UCL
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Reader in Thai Cultural Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Lecturer, Sciences Po
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Professional Research Fellow, Victoria University
