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Melbourne Asia Review is an initiative of the Asia Institute. Any inquiries about Melbourne Asia Review should be directed to the Managing Editor, Cathy Harper.

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Taiwan: A battlefield for cyberwar and disinformation

  • Associate Professor Lennon Yao-Chung Chang,

Actions that undermine democracy and create instability within Taiwan should be seen through a national security lens.

Securitisation, nationalism and democracy: The banning of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia

  • Dr Christian Harijanto and Professor Farida Fozdar,

How HTI was constructed as an existential threat and banned using a process beyond the normal systems of democracy.

Civil society in hybrid regimes? The case of Iraq

  • Professor Benjamin Isakhan,

The Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions in Iraq has achieved change but has not led to a more robust democracy.

Health and democracy in India: Do voters care about health?

  • Oliver Heath, Jyoti Mishra, Louise Tillin & Sandhya Venkateswaran,

New research shows that health looms larger as a concern for Indian voters than previously assumed.

Chinese aid and new contests over the meaning of human rights in Asia

  • Dr Tamas Wells,

China’s notion of the ‘right to development’ will increasingly challenge other donors’ emphasis on individual civil and political rights.