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Is the military coup in Myanmar the death knell of democracy and federalism?

  • Dr Michael Breen and Dr Anne Décobert,

The coup has major potential consequences for a country that was struggling to emerge from decades of military oppression and conflict.

Japan’s most consequential, lucky, and divisive post-WW2 leader

  • Senior Associate Professor Stephen Nagy,

The legacy of Shinzo Abe is far ranging and includes transformative foreign and domestic policy.

Indonesia’s ‘new despotism’

  • Dr Airlangga Pribadi Kusman & Dr Milda Istiqomah,

The government of President Joko Widodo is manipulating the law to repress its opponents and undermine democracy.

Muslim communities in Australia and the ‘mainstreaming’ of outer-group suspicion and apprehension

  • Professor Fethi Mansouri,

Muslims tend to be characterised as the least desirable group of migrants and continue to be viewed with suspicion and apprehension.

From ‘human nature’ to ‘sex’: sexualising ‘xing’ and reimagining sex in Chinese 中文

  • Yahia Zhengtang Ma,

The Chinese character ‘xing’ (性 ) has had varied usage and multiple meanings across time.

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