Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
The US is more needed but less trusted in Asia in 2020 than it was in 2016.
Right-wing royalists and a bureaucratic and ideological system have for decades lauded the monarchy and rejected criticism as “un-Thai”.
Women have been hardest hit by COVID-related job losses in South Korea, but the jobs market generally has been resilient.
Over the last 50 years, China has experienced a tectonic shift from an impoverished nation with a significant democracy movement to global power with increasing political repression.
The COVID-19 crisis has created opportunities to reinvigorate middle-power coalitions.
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