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May 2, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Sophal Ear |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Yun Jiang |ASU Thunderbird
Authors: Japhet Quitzon, CSIS and Sophal Ear, ASU ThunderbirdLike in many authoritarian countries around the world, the Cambodian free press is struggling. Its situation is not unique — autocratic leaders, threatened by the latent power of their opposition, frequently resort to intimidation to silence dissidents. Over the past decade, Cambodia has undergone a precipitous decline in press freedom.
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May 1, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Thong Anh Tran |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Yun Jiang
Author: Thong Anh Tran, University of MelbourneThe 21st century has seen a rapid increase in the number of countries in the Global South experiencing water scarcity. In the Mekong region, environment–development conflicts driven by climate change and upstream hydropower development jeopardise water supply in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD).
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May 1, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Elena Collinson |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Yun Jiang
Author: Elena Collinson, UTSThe Australian Academy of the Humanities’ 2023 report into the knowledge capability of Australia’s universities concerning China has brought into sharp relief just how far a fraught relationship with China is permeating national life. Since at least 2017, the rhetoric of Australian political leaders and prominent media commentators has emphasised that Australia faces an existential threat to its security and prosperity from a rising and more assertive China.
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Apr 30, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Greg Raymond |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Yun Jiang
Author: Greg Raymond, ANUThe ghost of elections past hangs uneasily over the upcoming electoral contest in Thailand, waged on a battleground of big-spending promises. If the military-proxy parties are nudged from power, will this finally settle the country back on a course of stable electoral democracy that was undermined by the 2006 and 2014 military coups?
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Apr 24, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Hina Tanabe |Pomona College |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Hanah Park
Authors: Tom Le, Hanah Park and Hina Tanabe, Pomona CollegeOn 6 March 2023, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced a plan to resolve the forced labourers dispute with Japan, a significant obstacle to bilateral relations. In the plan, South Korean companies that benefited from the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of South Korea will contribute to a fund to compensate victims of forced labour during the Second World War.
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Apr 15, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Truong Thuy Quynh |UC Riverside |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu
Authors: Pham Thi Thuy Duong, UC San Diego and Truong Thuy Quynh, UC RiversideVietnam’s digital government landscape ranked 86th out of 193 countries in 2022. In January 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications released its goal for Vietnam to be among the top 50 countries by 2025. Vietnamese leaders consider e-government a panacea to the corruption that impedes Hanoi’s ambition to become a regional economic tiger.
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Apr 13, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Vincent Kyle Parada |Philippine Navy |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald
Author: Vincent Kyle Parada, Philippine NavyOn 4 March 2023, Provincial Governor Roel Degamo was gunned down inside his residential compound at Pamplona in Negros Oriental. The attack has claimed the lives of nine people and injured 16 more. Degamo had been in the middle of a meeting with his constituents when around ten heavily armed men entered his residence and opened fire.
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Apr 6, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | East Stroudsburg |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald |Ko Mishima
Author: Ko Mishima, East Stroudsburg UniversityLate prime minister Shinzo Abe left an important mark on Japanese political history. He exercised strong leadership over traditionally independent-minded bureaucrats, though the outcomes of his top-down policy renewals varied. How does Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s leadership compare?
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Apr 4, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Shailendra Singh |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald
Author: Shailendra Bahadur Singh, University of the South PacificFiji’s new government is tabling a bill to repeal the Media Industry Development Act. But the punitive legislation — which had been in place for more than a decade — has left its imprint on the region. The Papua New Guinean (PNG) government’s new media legislation proposed in March is drawing a comparison with Fiji’s punitive media act. The draft media policy raises concerns about media freedom in PNG and even across Melanesia.
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Apr 3, 2023 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Ross Garnaut |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald
Author: Ross Garnaut, University of MelbourneMy book The Superpower Transformation showed how Australia’s full participation in the world’s move to early zero net emissions would underpin full employment with rising living standards for a growing population through the next four decades. While doing well for itself, Australia would increase the likelihood of success in our battle with climate change. Australia moving to net zero reduces global emissions by just over 1 per cent.
