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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
Thailand’s wealth gap is a competition problem
Thailand needs stronger competition rules, but that alone will not create market contestability. The harder task is tackle who gets to compete and accumulate wealth.
Reflections on discrimination against women and mental distress in India
How women’s mental distress in India is structurally produced through gendered labour, violence, and state neglect.
Syrian statelessness in transition: Assessing change amid civil war and regime change
Recent regime change in Syria after the civil war (2011-2024) is bringing new, sometimes controversial, changes to address statelessness.
INTERVIEW: ‘I was stateless in Japan for 32 years’
Lara Tienshi Chen was stateless person in Japan for decades. She now researches and advocates for stateless people.
‘Statelessness in Asia’ edited by Michelle Foster, Jaclyn Neo & Christoph Sperfeldt
This book addresses a significant research gap—that statelessness exists in contexts devoid of forced migration and prolonged refugee situations.