Ear to Asia
By Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Tony
Oct 5, 2018
I enjoy listening to the conversations and different perspectives on the region that I live in.
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On Ear to Asia, we talk with Asia experts to unpack the issues behind news headlines in a region that is rapidly changing the world. Ear to Asia is produced by Asia Institute, the Asia research specialists at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Can ethnic minority languages co-exist with Mandarin in China?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The risks and rewards of engaging with Afghanistan's Taliban government
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Why Central Asia is key to unlocking China's global ambitions
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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The Chinese Civil War's lingering shadow over modern China
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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The Korean language abroad: Who's learning it and why?
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Troubled Waters: The Philippines' Maritime Standoff with China
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Demography and deathcare in a changing East Asia
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Trickle-down tensions: The hydropolitics of transboundary river systems in Asia
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Is Indonesia's labor movement stuck in neutral?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Searching for work-life balance in South Korea
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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What to watch for in India during Narendra Modi's third term as prime minister
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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How China safeguards its interests amid conflict in Myanmar
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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The geopolitics of undersea cables in the Indo-Pacific
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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As Vietnam scales the global value chain, what does it mean for its workers?
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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The outsized influence of the military in Pakistan’s politics
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May 20, 2024 |
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Iran’s strategy of outsourcing warfare in the Middle East
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May 03, 2024 |
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What China's ambitions in Pakistan mean for Baloch aspirations and identity
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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How will Indonesia fare under new president Prabowo Subianto?
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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As ethnic tensions rise, is there any real prospect of an inclusive Malaysia?
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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China wants to remake global governance – is the world ready for it?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Taiwan through the eyes of mainland Chinese writers and filmmakers
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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How the future of Indonesia's peatlands will shape climate change
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Managing caste discrimination in the workplace
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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China's Pacific push: Assessing the impact on island nations
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Aid under fire: The dilemmas facing humanitarian actors in strife-torn Myanmar
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Vietnam's balancing act with powers great and near
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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The legacy of the War on Terror for Muslims in the West
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Minding Xi’s business: How commercial enterprises navigate China’s political landscape
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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How do Cambodia’s ever closer ties with China affect Southeast Asia?
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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India's long and winding road to affordable and accessible healthcare
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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What Erdoğan’s staying power means for the future of Türkiye
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Gauging the health of democracy in the Philippines under Bongbong Marcos
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Why Taiwan leads the rest of Asia in recognising LGBTQ+ rights
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May 22, 2023 |
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All at sea: Contending with maritime disputes in the South China Sea and beyond
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May 08, 2023 |
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How a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan affects security in the region
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Policing political discourse in Malaysia
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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How Australia's future depends on better understanding Asia
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Policy reversals and political impact in China
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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The future of Taiwan-China relations: Is the status quo the best option?
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Singing songs of rebels, rice and romance in China’s lower Yangtze Delta
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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A changed Hong Kong under China’s national security law
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Who wants to be Indonesia’s next president?
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The rise and rise of halal consumerism in Indonesia
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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What a Taliban theocracy means for Afghanistan
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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How can Sri Lanka continue to hedge between India and China?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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What will it take to end the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan?
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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The human cost of South Korea’s era of transnational adoption
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Contrasting memories of Japanese colonisation in Korea and Taiwan
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Mindful of power: Politics and nationalism in Buddhist-majority societies
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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How China finds a home for 1.4 billion people
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Getting China-Australia relations out of a rut
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Thailand's simmering political discontent
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Ending the cycle of political disarray in Malaysia
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May 19, 2022 |
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India's two-way bet on the US-Russia divide
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May 05, 2022 |
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Islamic finance in a fintech future
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Pachinko: Korean fates and fortunes in Japan
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Anxiety and aspiration in Japan-China relations
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Beyond Squid Game: Translating Asian film and TV for a hungry global market
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Decision making and dissent in the Chinese Communist Party
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Growing the Australia-India relationship
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Was Donald Trump on the money about China?
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Indonesia's evolving post-pandemic political landscape
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Weighing up the legacy of Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Intimate connections and exit strategies in a changing Japan
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The political battle over health policy in Indonesia
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Law and disorder in China-Australia relations
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Is democracy at risk in India?
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Framing and shaming body size in Japan
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Who's fighting for the environment in China?
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Caste and the corporation, in India and abroad
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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How seriously does Australia take the learning of Asian languages?
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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What growing China-Russia ties mean for the world order
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Australia caught in the escalating US-China rivalry
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May 07, 2021 |
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Federalism to the rescue in ethnically divided Asian societies
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Pakistan, the Taliban, and the future of Afghanistan
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Traitors and treason in the collective Chinese imagination
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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India's soft power push with vaccine diplomacy
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Sexual citizenship and Asian migration to Australia
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Migrants from China grappling with acceptance in Australia
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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The fate of China's many languages
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Can Australia do better in its relations with China?
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Why the outrage over Indonesia's new job creation law?
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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How will Hong Kong march to China's new drum?
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Who decides who's Muslim in modern Islamic states?
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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India and China jousting for control on the roof of the world
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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At what cost Turkey's foreign adventurism?
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Vietnamese seeking their fortunes underground in Russia
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Sculpting nations: the politics around statues in Asia
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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The market for Maoism outside China
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Pushing back against plastic waste in Indonesia
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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Pandemic politics in Turkey
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Kevin Rudd on China's place in a post-pandemic world
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Is Indonesia's covid-19 response too little, too late?
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May 21, 2020 |
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Winners and losers in Indonesia's plans for a new capital city
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May 08, 2020 |
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Covid-19 in India: Cracking open the social and political fault lines?
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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The Kurdish struggle for political equality in Turkey
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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The demand for sand, and its impact in Asia
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Power, privilege and race in Singapore
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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The push to end violence against women in the Asia Pacific
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Freedom of thought under fire in China
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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What drives Australia-Indonesia relations?
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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LGBT rights in Japan in the lead up to the Tokyo Olympics
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Empowering women in Indonesia's villages
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Who's afraid of China?
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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The rise, fall and future of Turkey's Gülen movement
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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The road to Uyghur repression in China
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Hard lessons for aid agencies at work in Myanmar
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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North Korea's top defector speaks his mind
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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The blessing and curse of Indonesia's resource economy
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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Living with disability in Asian societies
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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Weaponising social media in Indonesian politics
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Sufism in an age of political Islam
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Is Xi Jinping's heavy hand just what China needs?
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Language choices and challenges in Indonesia
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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Being Korean in Japan
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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How household registration in China continues to divide society
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May 24, 2019 |
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Will Jokowi's victory be a win for Indonesia?
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May 09, 2019 |
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The war memory industries of China and Japan
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Cambodia: Hun Sen's unrelenting grip on power
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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What a deepening China-Pakistan alliance means for India?
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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The evolving lives and language of women in Japan
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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How healthy is China's healthcare system?
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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China's long march to a utopian society
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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Can Japan stop its rapid population decline?
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Indonesia's foreign policy priorities and predicaments
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Homelands harnessing the power of their diasporas
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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Will Narendra Modi and the BJP prevail again in 2019?
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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Grappling with identity in Taiwan
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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Xi Jinping and China's Confucianist revival
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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India and China's growing strategic rivalry in the Indian Ocean
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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The price of rising inequality in Indonesia
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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Liquid ambition: China's megaproject bringing water to a parched north
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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Engineering public morality in China
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Taking the pulse of democracy in Southeast Asia
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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In the pipeline: Bringing clean water to Timor-Leste
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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Manufacturing nationalism in China
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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20 years after Suharto, do human rights matter yet in Indonesia?
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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China's Xi Jinping: The man who would be Mao?
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May 25, 2018 |
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For an ageing China, will demography be destiny?
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May 10, 2018 |
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Liberalism in the firing line as Indonesia prepares for elections
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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Unforgiven: Japan through the eyes of Korea and China
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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China's Belt and Road Initiative: Audacious global strategy or Sino overreach?
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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Deciding what's a language in Tibet
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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Maintaining Balinese cultural identity at home in the Netherlands
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Nov 07, 2017 |
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Is "selectocracy" the secret to China's economic success?
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Oct 25, 2017 |
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The Purchasing Power Of Piety In Indonesia
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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Mulla Sadra: The Persian Islamic Thinker's Take On The Nature Of Reality
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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Fleeing North Korea
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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China's Smouldering Volcanoes Of Social Discontent
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May 24, 2017 |
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Celebrity Chef Adam Liaw On Life At The Intersection Of Nearly Everything
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May 10, 2017 |
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Translation As Performance Art
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Apr 26, 2017 |
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Kuwait: Walking The Sunni-Shia Tightrope
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Apr 12, 2017 |
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Is It Back To The Drawing Board For Indonesia's Education System?
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Mar 29, 2017 |
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Saving The Songs Of China's Yangtze Delta
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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All Under Heaven: China's Often Misunderstood Approach To Sovereignty
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Jan 11, 2017 |
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A Tale Of Two Diasporas: Indians In The Global Workforce
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Dec 07, 2016 |
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Sexual Citizenship And Same-sex Relationships In Japan
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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Memories Of '65: Young Indonesians Go Digital To Shine A Light On A Massacre Denied
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Nov 09, 2016 |
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Lost In Translation? Foreigners On Trial In Japan And The Language Divide
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Oct 26, 2016 |
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Modernity's Broken Promise And The Rise Of A New Islamic Populism
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Oct 12, 2016 |
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Ear To Asia - Teaser
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Sep 28, 2016 |