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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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INTERVIEW: How parliamentary monitoring organisations are helping consolidate emerging democracies

  • Professor Herlin Chien,

Parliamentary transparency is a key element of well-functioning democracies. But how healthy is parliamentary transparency in Asia?

Parliamentary monitoring organisations in Thailand are emerging as an essential tool for political participation

  • Thitirat Thipsamritkul, A/Prof. Rawin Leelapatana & Suprawee Earn Asanasak,

Thai civil society organisations are working towards greater democratisation, including observing elections and parliament.

Outward facing and forward thinking: 25 years of the University of Melbourne’s Asia Institute

  • Cathy Harper,

Australia’s national interest is being undermined by the erosion of specialist high level research programs on key Asian societies, especially China.

为东京的女性难民创造安全空间、归属感以及“庇护所”

  • 作者:克里斯蒂娜·福冈(Christina Fukuoka )& 和大卫·斯莱特教授(Professor David Slater),

难民移民的共同之处是他们都经历过孤独和孤立无援的处境…

Elections 2024, hybrid regimes and the future of democracy in Pakistan

  • Dr Nadeem Malik,

The military’s actions have led to the most severe political crisis since 2018 and the future of democracy seems bleak.