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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
INTRODUCTION: Questions and challenges for civil society and human rights in Asia
As elsewhere, many societies in Asia have recently witnessed the rapid rise of populists and democratic regression.
The COVID-19 pandemic and possibilities for Arab ‘risk society’
COVID-19 may afflict without discrimination, but not all polities, economies and societies can equally withstand its damage and rebuild in its aftermath.
China’s quest for greater technological self-reliance
Chinese leaders have endorsed a sweeping economic strategy which will have profound implications for global economics and geopolitics, including for Australia.
INTERVIEW—COVID-19 and Belt and Road: Some of the issues impacting business and human rights
Business and Human Rights is always a controversial area, but COVID-19 and China’s Belt and Road Initiative are among the most acute challenges.
Indonesia’s ‘new despotism’
The government of President Joko Widodo is manipulating the law to repress its opponents and undermine democracy.