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Learning to speak each other’s languages, again

  • Philipp Ivanov, Shazleen Lateef ,

Understanding each other’s languages and cultures will help overcome the vulnerabilities in Australia’s multiculturalism and its engagement with Asia exposed by COVID-19.

Pandemics, politics and principles: business and human rights in Southeast Asia in a time of crisis

  • Professor Andrew Rosser, Dr Kate Macdonald and Dr Ken M.P. Setiawan ,

It’s clear that full implementation of the UNGPs in Southeast Asia isn’t currently politically feasible.

COVID-19 media reporting in Taiwan: A proxy war over foreign relations?

  • Jasmine Li-Chia Chang,

Taiwanese media has shown political bias in its reporting of COVID-19 which indicates deep divisions over the future of Taiwan.

COVID-19: The politics of local responses in Indonesia

  • Trissia Wijaya,

Indonesia has been widely criticised for a weak national response to COVID-19. But sub-national governments have also played an important role.

COVID-19, women and digitised food networks in Jakarta: Inequality and resilience

  • Dr Inaya Rakhmani, Dr Ariane Utomo, Dr Catherine Phillips, Dr Diahhadi Setyonaluri,

COVID-19 has highlighted the need for informal food networks and the essential role that women play in creating and sustaining them.

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