Against ISIS' Destruction of Heritage, and for Curators as the Cure of Souls 26 August 2015Barely a week after ISIS beheaded Khaled al-Asaad, the Syrian expert who devoted his life to the study […] Read More
The National Tea House: Symbol of Tajikistan's Folly 26 August 2015Corruption, poverty, cronyism and chronic food shortages are some of the major issues facing Tajikistan on its road to development. Despite this, President […] Read More
Moving to the Far Right in Hungary 26 August 2015Challenged by the growing popularity of the country’s far-right party, Jobbik, the Hungarian government is radicalising its agenda in order to win back […] Read More
Don’t Blame China’s Skewed Sex Ratio on the One-Child Policy Elizabeth Remick and Charis Loh — Analysis25 August 2015In the last decade, China’s serious gender imbalance has made headlines: millions of Chinese men are doomed to bachelorhood due to a shortage […] Read More
Tackling Elephantiasis in Myanmar Ben Dickson — Fresh perspective25 August 2015Ben Dickson was a Euan Crone Asian Awareness Scholarship 2014 recipient. Applications for 2015 are now open until Friday 4 September. Lymphatic filariasis […] Read More
Divided Thai Nation Vulnerable to Violence on Multiple Fronts Troy Whitford — Analysis 20 August 2015The bombing in Thailand and the subsequent lack of solid leads has exposed a divided Thai nation. As Thai […] Read More
Australia’s Defence: Towards A New Era? Reviewer Cam Hawker — Reading room 17 August 2015Reviewing an edited book is a unique challenge as it involves critiquing the work not of one scholar but of an ensemble. In […] Read More
Not Out of the Desert, Yet Laurens J. Visser — Analysis 12 August 2015Laurens J. Visser responds to Tom Switzer’s recent article “The Spectre of Iraq Haunts the Republicans” published in Australian Outlook on July 24 2015. […] Read More
American Ambassadors, The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Diplomats Reviewed by Mike Fogarty — Reading room11 August 2015The author is a former American diplomat who has written a useful technical book on his guild. Written […] Read More
A New Election May Be On The Horizon In Turkey By Sedat Mulayim — Analysis 07 August 2015Recent weeks witnessed the Turkish army attacking ISIS and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) simultaneously, following a suicide bombing in the town of […] Read More