By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, The University of Queensland 6 June 2019 The Australian Federal Police has this week conducted two high-profile raids on journalists who have exposed government secrets and their…
By Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, University of Southampton 24 May 2019 India’s electoral colossus has re-elected Narendra Modi’s BJP party, following the largest democratic exercise in the world. India has united…
By Erin Watson-Lynn, University of Western Australia 11 April 2019 The world’s largest democratic election is set to take place in India. Voting will take place in seven phases from…
By Dr Bharat Raj Paudel 3 February 2019 Nepal has found itself in international limelight since earlier this week after a co-chairman of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN)…
By Ram Khatry 5 January 2018 The first shot has been fired to kill Rabi Lamichhane’s unique journalism. It was long expected but as the fearsome stalwart of Nepalese media…
By Azadeh Dastyari, Monash University 12 December 2018 Australia was one of 176 countries to vote in favour of the Global Compact on Refugees (refugee compact) in mid-November this year.…
By Sarah Kastner, York University, Canada 5 December 2018 After Israeli forces shot her 15-year-old cousin in the head with a rubber bullet last December, Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian girl…
By Jagannath Adhikari, Curtin University China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has ambitions to reshape the global economy by connecting more than 60 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa through…
By Bikram Timilsina, Brisbane 29 August 2017 Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has returned home after a 5-day long state visit to India. The coalition partners in Kathmandu –…
By Elisabeth Leake, University of Leeds Donald Trump surprised international audiences with his announcement that he plans to expand the US military intervention in Afghanistan, without setting an end date.…
By Sadan Jha, Centre for Social Studies 17 August 2017 This week, India celebrates 70 years of independence. The tricolour flag, perhaps the most tangible and potent symbol of freedom…
By Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway 10 August 2017 “Partition” – the division of British India into the two separate states of India and Pakistan on August 14-15, 1947 –…
By Ritesh Chugh, CQUniversity Australia 2 August 2017 Every Facebook account comes with a profile picture, but how can we prevent these often personal photos from being stolen? Facebook has some ideas.…
By Daria Davitti, University of Nottingham 28 July 2017 On the same day that a top UN official bravely called on Australia to end the harmful practice of processing asylum…
By Nick Bisley, La Trobe University July 27, 2017 Conflict was almost baked into Asia’s post-1945 international order. Taiwan’s contested status following the communist victory in China’s civil…
By Irfan Ahmad, Max Planck Institute 13 July 2017 This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network.…
By Vibhor Saxena, Associate Lecturer in Economics, University of St Andrews 3 July 2017 Among their many privileges, India’s wealthiest households can rely on a consistent supply of electricity and access…
By Ashok Sharma, UNSW, Canberra at ADF Academy 29 June 2017 One has 32.9 million Twitter followers; the other has 31 million. When U.S. President Donald Trump met Indian Prime…
By Bruce Newsome, University of California, Berkeley 24 June 2017 The latest attacks in London and Manchester – like last year’s attacks in Orlando, Florida and St. Cloud, Minnesota – epitomize…
By Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University 21 June 2017 Australia’s overall homicide rate continues to decline: it has reached a historic low, according to newly published data. Australia’s homicide rate is declining…
