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Minoritised groups and the limits of political transitions in Iran and the Middle East

  • Davoud Osmanzadeh & Dr Fateh Saeidi,

Political transitions in Iran prioritise regime stability, treating demands from minoritised communities as threats to national integrity.

Why water governance in the Indus Basin must be beyond fraught India-Pakistan relations

  • D. Saran Prakash and A/Prof Robert Mizo,

Conflict between India and Pakistan shows how vital shared transboundary resources, such as water, can be placed at risk.

Inclusive economic development in Myanmar cannot be achieved amid ongoing militarisation

  • Alec*,

Myanmar will not achieve sustainable development until it rebuilds democratic institutions.

The paradoxes and precarities of Philippine development

  • Syme de Leon,

What does ‘progress’ and ‘development’ mean in the Philippines, a nation very vulnerable to climate change-related disasters?

VIDEO: Southeast Asia Oration with Dr. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, August 2026

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, one of Indonesia’s longest-serving Ministers of Finance: ‘Governing for Growth – Democracy and Development’.

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