Government / Governance

'Government / Governance' discusses government responses to current issues, including topics concerning emergency powers, citizenship and surveillance.

You may be interested in reading the ALC Briefing Paper Series, including a number of papers on death penalty issues in various Asian countries.

• The New Criminal Code: Authoritarianism Disguised as Decolonisation

  Airlangga Pribadi Kusman, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 10 December 2022

• Kim Jong Un Wants North Korea to be a Nuclear Superpower – The Real Risk is a Regional Arms Race

  Alexander Gillespie, Originally posted on The Conversation, 2 December 2022

• China’s ‘White Paper’ Protest Movement Echoes Freedom Struggles Across Asia and the World

  Gareth Dale, Originally posted on The Conversation, 1 December 2022

• Afghanistan: After a Year of Taliban Government, Women are More Oppressed Than Ever

  Hind Elhinnawy, Originally posted on The Conversation, 25 November 2022

• Contemporary Politics in the Philippines Shows How Emotions Can Inform Human Rights Advocacy

  Syme de Leon, Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 22 November 2022

• The End of Police Reform

  Jacqui Baker, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 15 November 2022

• Decriminalising Drug Use Would Help Stop Corrupt Police Narcotics Trafficking

  Maidina Rahmawati, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 2 November 2022

• Vietnam’s Reform Challenge

  Nguyen Quang Dy, Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 11 October 2022

• Democracy Won’t be Making the Move to Indonesia’s New Capital

  Wasisto Raharjo Jati and Athiqah Nur Alami, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 27 September 2022

• Perspectives: Re-Writing Multilateralism Post-COVID

  Indrani Bagchi, Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 21 September 2022

• Culpability for the Pakistan Floods Rests with the Pakistani Government and Rich Countries

  Omer Aijazi, Originally posted on The Conversation, 13 September 2022

• COVID-19 and the Rise of the Surveillance State in China

  Kevin Lo, Originally posted on Melbourne Asia Review, 5 September 2022

• INTERVIEW: From a Public Health Crisis to a ‘Police State’: China During and Beyond COVID-19

  Anonymous, Originally posted on Melbourne Asia Review, 5 September 2022

• Reimagining Human Mobility in Asia Pacific After COVID-19: The Challenge of Expanding Human Rights-Based Entry and Stay Pathways

  Pia Oberoi, Originally posted on Melbourne Asia Review, 5 September 2022

• How Indian Students Told to ‘Go Home’ by Australia at the Start of the Pandemic Used WhatsApp for Advocacy

  Surjeet Dogra Dhanji & Mousumi Mukherjee, Originally posted on Melbourne Asia Review, 5 September 2022

• Iriana Also Plays Roles: Indonesia’s First Lady Diplomacy Complements Jokowi’s Effort as G20 President

  Athiqah Nur Alami, Originally posted on The Conversation, 26 August 2022

• Prayuth in Wonderland: Where the Rules are Made Up and the Truth Doesn’t Matter

  Craig Keating, Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 26 August 2022

• Talking Indonesia: the Taiwan Crisis

  Dave McRae, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 18 August 2022

• Indonesia’s Last Chance for a Progressive Criminal Code

  Anugerah Rizki Akbari and Genoveva Alicia KS Maya, Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 18 August 2022

• At 75, Pakistan Has Moved Far From the Secular and Democratic Vision of its Founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah

  Farah N. Jan, Originally posted on The Conversation, 11 August 2022

• Afghan Women are Refusing to Remain Silent One Year After the Taliban Takeover

  Homa Hoodfar and Mona Tajali, Originally posted on The Conversation, 11 August 2022

• Hong Kong’s 1922 General Strike: When the British Empire Struck Back

  David Law, Originally posted on The Conversation, 3 August 2022

• Why Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Puts the White House in Delicate Straits of Diplomacy with China

  Meredith Oyen, Originally posted on The Conversation, 3 August 2022

• Myanmar: Death Penalty the Latest Tactic for Military Junta’s Murderous Regime

  Ronan Lee, Originally posted on The Conversation, 28 July 2022

• Why the Big Fuss Over Nancy Pelosi’s Possible Visit to Taiwan?

  Meredith Oyen, Originally posted on The Conversation, 27 July 2022

• The Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific – A Realistic Long-Term Goal or Impossible Dream?

  Heath McMichael and Mike Adams, Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 13 July 2022

• NASA’s Head Warned That China May Try to Claim the Moon – Two Space Scholars Explain Why That’s Unlikely to Happen

  Svetla Ben-Itzhak and R. Lincoln Hines, Originally posted on The Conversation, 8 July 2022

• Fortress North Korea and the Battle Against COVID-19

  Jasmine Barrett, Originally posted on Melbourne Asia Review, 7 July 2022

• Australia’s Woeful Response to Rising Authoritarianism in India

  Nisha Thapliyal and Priya Chacko, Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 7 June 2022

• How the Law in the Maldives Paved the Way for a Sunni Legal Tradition

  Shamsul Falaah
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 6 June 2022

• Afghanistan’s Laws and Legal Institutions Under the Taliban

  Haroun Rahimi
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 6 June 2022

• Beware of False Peace in Myanmar

  Htet Myet Min Tun
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 6 June 2022

• To Ban or Not to Ban? How Indonesia Can Overcome the Global Food Crisis

  Maria Monica Wihardja and Arianto Patunru
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 31 May 2022

• Can Albanese Rebuild Relations with Indonesia?

  Ahmad Rizsky M Umar
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 31 May 2022

• Australia-China Environmental Cooperation in a Hyperconnected World

  Nengye Liu
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 3 May 2022

• Indonesian Oligarchs are Defending their Wealth at the Cost of Democracy

  Yassar Aulia
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 19 April 2022

• Why China Won't Mediate an End to the Ukraine War

  Joseph S Nye
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 6 April 2022

• Stepping Carefully Amid Conflict in the Pacific

  Dr Anouk Ride and Dr Tania Miletic
  Originally posted on Pursuit, 5 April 2022

• Special Issue. COVID-19 and the Law: Perspectives from Asia. Introduction

  Joo Cheong Tham, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 23 March 2022

• State of Emergency in Vietnamese Law: Reflections on the Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  VU Cong Giao and DAO Tri Uc, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 23 March 2022

• Reproducing Indonesia’s Illiberal Legalism amid COVID-19: Public Health Crisis as a Means of Accumulation

  Rafiqa Qurrata A’yun and Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 21 March 2022

• Virulent Pandemic and Fragile Democracy in Myanmar: Complications of COVID-19 Policies and the 2020 National Elections

  Jonathan Liljeblad and Ama Doe, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 21 March 2022

• Political Power and the Limits of Academic Freedom in Japan in the Era of COVID-19

  Yuichiro Tsuji, Originally posted on the Australian Journal of Asian Law, 21 March 2022

• How will China Handle the Dual Threats of COVID and Political Protests at the Winter Olympics?

  David S G Goodman
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 2 February 2022

• China’s Approach to the Pandemic Exposes its Democratic Deficit to the Public Glare

  COVID-DEM - Rongxin Li
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 12 January 2022

• China in Latin America: Exaggerating Medical Diplomacy

  COVID-DEM - Christopher Kambhu
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 23 November 2021

• How the Philippines’ President Dutuerte Weaponized a Filipino Custom During COVID-19

  Yvonne Su
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 19 December 2021

• Building Back Better From COVID-19 for a Greying Society

  Dian Maya Safitri
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 9 December 2021

• Cambodia and COVID-19: Last to Lock Down, First to Open Up

  Bradley J Murg
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 24 November 2021

• The Secret to South Korea’s COVID Success? Combining High Technology with the Human Touch

  Choon Key Chekar, Joshua R Moon and Michael Hopkins
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 22 October 2021

• Feminist Responses on Weibo aim to Fight the Misrepresentation of Women During COVID-19 in China

  Jinman Zhang
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 13 October 2021

• North Korea’s Costly COVID Response is Pushing Kim Jong-un to Play Political Games

  Niki JP Alsford
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 12 October 2021

• Islamists Back at Work, Pushing Conservative Gender Politics as a ‘Response’ to COVID-19

  Dina Afrianty
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 12 October 2021

• COVID-19 and China’s Attempts to Build A Health Silk Road to Myanmar

  Dr Nyi Nyi Kyaw
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 11 October 2021

• What the World Can Learn from Bhutan’s Rapid COVID Vaccine Rollout

  Sarah Schiffling and Chris Phelan
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 28 September 2021

• Malaysia’s #Kitajagakita Invigorates Political Activism and Tackles Apathy

  Clarissa Ai Ling Lee
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 14 September 2021

• China’s ‘Surveillance Creep’: How Big Data COVID Monitoring Could be Used to Control People Post-Pandemic

  Ausma Bernot, Alexander Trauth-Goik and Sue Trevaskes
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 31 August 2021

• ‘My Home Country Pushed Me Away’: How Returning Expats Became South Korea’s Pandemic Scapegoats

  Jongheon Kim and Ivan Sainsaulieu
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 30 August 2021

• Mural Controversies Expose the Poor Health of Indonesian Democracy

  Maidina Rahmawati and Erasmus at Napitupulu
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 23 August 2021

• COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Much More Than a Health Crisis

  Gabriel Facal, Ian Wilson, Khoo Ying Hooi, Rosalia Sciortino and Sarah Andrieu
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 21 August 2021

• From Ground Zero to Zero Tolerance – How China Learnt From Its COVID Response to Quickly Stamp Out Its Latest Outbreak

  Michael Toole
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 17 August 2021

• Talking Indonesia: COVID-19 and Data Transparency

  Jemma Purdey
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 12 August 2021

• The Slow Decay of the Malay Political Establishment

  James Chin
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 10 August 2021

• Indonesian Writer Confronts COVID-19 Through Poetry

  Vannessa Hearman
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 6 August 2021

• India's Vaccine Rollout is Ignoring the Many Inequalities in its Society

  Rajib Dasgupta
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 30 July 2021

• How a Perfect Storm of Events is Turning Myanmar into a ‘Super-Spreader’ COVID State

  Adam Simpson and Nicholas Farrelly
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 30 July 2021

• Thailand's COVID Crisis

  Craig Keating
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 29 July 2021

• Coronavirus Compounds Myanmar's Coup Crisis

  Nicholas Coppel
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 27 July 2021

• Indonesia may Partner with Australia to Develop Digital Healthcare Supply Chains in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

  Amrik Sohal, Daniel Prajogo, Mursyid Hasan Basri, Wawan Dhewanto, Helen Brown and Marlene Millott
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 19 July 2021

• Silenced in China: The COVID ‘Truth-Tellers’ and Political Dissent

  Tao Zhang
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 17 July 2021

• COVID-19 is Already Negatively Impacting Election Integrity in the Philippines

  Hannah So
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 16 July 2021

• Indonesia Records Its Highest Increase in COVID Cases – and Numbers Are Likely to Rise Again Before They Fall

  Dicky Budiman
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 14 July 2021

• Japan's Opposition Threatens Government's Majority in the Wake of COVID-19

  Akihiro Ogawa
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 6 July 2021

• Just Get the Jab Done: Continuing Vaccine Battles Show India Still Hasn’t Got the Hang of Federalism

  Arghya Sengupta
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 12 July 2021

• To Lockdown or Not? Indonesia's Dilemma in Handling the COVID-19 Second Wave?

  Yanuar Nugroho
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 1 July 2021

• After COVID Surge, Some Signs of Internal Dissent Against PM Modi: Reuters

  Saurabh Sharma and Rupam Jain
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 30 June 2021

• Nepal's Democracy in Peril

  Youba Raj Acharya and Prema Bista Thapa
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 29 June 2021

• Indonesia's COVID-19 Surge: Contradictions and Criticism

  Max Lane
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 28 June 2021

• Talking Indonesia: The Worsening COVID-19 Crisis

  Jemma Purdey
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 27 June 2021

• Postpone elections; prefer Fighting COVID

  Jagdish Batra
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 21 June 2021

• Governance Deficit and the Question of Accountability

  Deepak Sinha
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 17 June 2021

• An Olympic-Size COVID Risk

  Takatoshi Ito
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 17 June 2021

• Are the Rich Democracies Singing in Tune Over China and the World?

  John McCarthy AO
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 16 June 2021

• Twitter and Digital Diplomacy: China and COVID-19

  Chris Alden and Kennedrick Chan
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 9 June 2021

• Fighting COVID-19: China's Soft Power Opportunities in Mainland Southeast Asia

  Chheang Vannarith
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 27 May 2021

• Himalayan Blunders: Nepal’s Political Crisis Amid Pandemic Puts Democratic Gains Under Strain

  TOI Edit
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 25 May 2021

• Lesson Learnt: Indonesia’s Second Eid al-Fitri Under COVID-19

  Syafiq Hasyim
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 24 May 2021

• A “Toolkit” of Facts to Fight the Pandemic of Anti-India COVID Propaganda

  Shehzad Poonawalla
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 23 May 2021

• Will India’s COVID Catastrophe Hurt PM Modi?

  AFP
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 22 May 2021

• Our Responsibility to South Asia

  Kevin Rudd
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 21 May 2021

• Towards A ‘Smart’ Sarkar: COVID Demands A New Model of Citizen-Focussed Governance

  Sagarika Ghose
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 20 May 2021

• From Confidence to Chaos: India’s Journey to Its Coronavirus Crisis

  Shaiba Rather
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 13 May 2021

• India Cannot Breathe. Is The Media Choking It Further?

  Ruhi Khan and Danish Khan
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 7 May 2021

• Sickly State, Healthy Democracy: Elections Held During Deadly Pandemic Surge Expose India’s Real Flaws and Strengths

  Ruchir Sharma
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 5 May 2021

• The State Advances, the People Retreat: China’s Political and Legal Responses to COVID-19

  Xin He
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 4 May 2021

• Hope in the Darkness

  Nathan Grills
  Originally posted on Pursuit, 3 May 2021

• India's COVID Tsunami

  Shashi Tharoor
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 28 April 2021

• Aiding India in Crisis

  John McCarthy AO
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 27 April 2021

• The Philippines a Year under Lockdown: Continuing Executive Dominance, Threats to Democracy, and Unclear Pandemic Response

  Maria Ela L. Atienza
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 26 April 2021

• COVID-19 Crisis – Bad News for Mr Modi and BJP

  Saroj Chadha
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 24 April 2021

• Pandemic Will Have Social, Economic and Political Ramifications

  Col (retd) N Bhatnagar
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 14 April 2021

• Japan is Facing a Fourth COVID Wave and Sluggish Vaccine Rollout. Will It Be Ready for the Olympics?

  Craig Mark
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 19 April 2021

• The Second Wave of COVID-19 and India’s Political Landscape

  Ramanand and Dhanisha
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 12 April 2021

• The Philippines’ Vexed Vaccine Rollout

  Malcolm Cook
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 1 April 2021

• Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Year in Review

  Ridwanul Hoque
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 25 March 2021

• One Year After the Pandemic in Indonesia: From Health Crisis to the Crisis of Constitutional Democracy

  Abdurrachman Satrio and Mohammad Ibrahim
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 15 March 2021

• Surviving Executive-Led Pandemic Control in Executive-Led Hong Kong: A Year in Review

  Pui-yin Lo
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 3 March 2021

• COVID-19 and the Crisis in Indian Democracy

  Thulasi K. Raj
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 26 February 2021

• Breeding More Social Turbulence? – Thailand’s Unprepared Response to the Second Wave of COVID-19

  Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang and Rawin Leelapatana
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 23 February 2021

• Mandatory Vaccination Will Not Solve Indonesia’s COVID-19 Problem

  Usman Hamid
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 23 February 2021

• Talking Indonesia: COVID-19 and the Vaccine

  Jemma Purdey
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 28 January 2021

• Does Indonesian Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination Discriminate against the Elderly?

  Mohammad Ibrahim
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 27 January 2021

• COVID-19 Vaccination Drive: Test of India’s Resilience

  Shehzad Poonawalla
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 16 January 2021

• Talking Indonesia: COVID-19 and Religious Leaders

  Charlotte Setijadi
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 24 December 2020

• Sliding Toward a Less Orderly World

  Ron Huisken
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 21 December 2020

• Australia’s A$1.5 Billion COVID-related Loan to Indonesia

  Peter McCawley
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 14 November 2020

• COVID-19 Lockdown in Chinese Villages: Radical Measures Positively Received

  Xiao Tan, Mark Yaolin Wang, Yao Song and Tianyang Liu
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 11 November 2020

• Invisible Citizens

  Linda Rae Bennett and Setiyani Marta Dewi
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 9 November 2020

• Vietnam and COVID-19: More Mark (Zuckerberg) than Marx

  Adam Fforde
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 29 October 2020

• Change Tack: Time to Realign Media Priorities in the Face of COVID Crisis

  Rudroneel Ghosh
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 28 October 2020

• How South Korea has Kept the Impact of COVID-19 on Jobs in Check

  Kyoung-Hee Yu
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 13 October 2020

• With COVID-19 Cases Soaring, Indonesia Recruits Thugs to Enforce Health Protocols

  Moh Zaki Arrobi
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 12 October 2020

• South Korea’s Prospects for a Middle-Power Alliance in the Era of COVID-19

  Taekyoon Kim
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 9 October 2020

• An Analysis of Japanese Responses to COVID-19 from an Administrative Law Perspective

  Shusaku Kitajima, 8 October 2020

• Governance or Social Resilience: Learning from Southeast Asia’s Experience with COVID-19

  Bambang Brodjonegoro, Inaya Rakhmani, Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah and Adam Fforde
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 8 October 2020

• As COVID-19 Escalates in Indonesia, Responses are Fractured and Fractious

  Rebecca Meckelburg and Charan Bal
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 5 October 2020

• The Perils of Big COVID Government in Asia

  Lee Jong-Wha
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 2 October 2020

• Thailand's Uncertain Future

  Annisa Natalegawa and Nattabhorn Juengsanguansit
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 30 September 2020

• Are Intellectuals Killing Convergence?

  Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 29 September 2020

• Pandemic Politics in South Asia: Muslims and Democracy

  Matthew Nelson
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 24 September 2020

• How to Fix Indonesia’s COVID-19 Governance Problem

  Jimmy Daniel Berlianto Oley and Rendy Adriyan Diningrat
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 24 September 2020

• Budget Politics in Indonesia’s COVID-19 Response

  Akhmad Misbakhul Hasan
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 14 September 2020

• Pandemics, Politics and Principles: Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia in a Time of Crisis

  Andrew Rosser, Kate Macdonald and Ken M.P. Setiawan
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 23 August 2020

• Hong Kong's Cancelled Elections

  Pui Man Katy Chan
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 17 August 2020

• Singapore's GE2020: A Post-mortem

  Dhevarajan Devadas
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 17 August 2020

• Indonesia's Local Elections and the Pandemic

  Mada Sukmajati
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 17 August 2020

• COVID-19: The Politics of Local Responses in Indonesia

  Trissia Wijaya
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 17 August 2020

• Indonesia’s Coronavirus Fatalities are the Highest in Southeast Asia. So, Why is Jokowi Rushing to get Back to Business?

  Tim Lindsey and Tim Mann
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 13 August 2020

• Talking Indonesia: COVID-19 and the Military

  Dave McRae and Evan Laksmana
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 13 August 2020

• How South Korea Conducted Its Elections During the Pandemic: A Comparative Case Study

  Miye D'Oench and Axel Hufford
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 7 August 2020

• Opportunism, COVID-19, and Cambodia’s State of Emergency Law

  Randle DeFalco
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 3 August 2020

• How Timor-Leste has Mobilised Against COVID-19

  Susanna Barnes, Teresa Hall, Balthasar Kehi, Quintiliano Mok and Lisa Palmer
  Originally posted on Pursuit, 23 July 2020

• Assembling the Skillset to Shape our Strategic Environment

  Tony Milner
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 23 July 2020

• Constitutional Literacy in Times of Crisis

  Maartje De Visser
  Originally posted on the IACL-AIDC Blog, 23 July 2020

• Citizenship, Constitutionalism and Civil Liberties: A Briefing Note on Recent Developments in India

  Indian Citizenship and Statelessness Research Project
  Co-published by Asian Law Centre and Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness , 17 July 2020

• Transition in Crisis: COVID-19 and Federalisation in Nepal

  Iain Payne, 16 July 2020

• Talking Indonesia: COVID-19 and Community Engagement

  Dirk Tomsa, Sharyn Graham Davies, Najmah and Yeni
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 16 July 2020

• What is Ma’ruf Amin doing?

  Daniel Peterson
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 15 July 2020

• India and Australia’s Federal Systems have Responded Fairly Well to COVID-19. But the US System Hasn’t

  Niranjan Sahoo
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 14 July 2020

• Why Singapore’s Election Will Be Like No Other

  Huong Le Thu
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 9 July 2020

• Podcast: Regional Health Diplomacy and the COVID-19 Crisis

  Donald Greenlees
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 7 July 2020

• Pandemic, Emergency & the Bangladesh Constitution: A Reflection

  Kawser Ahmed
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 2 July 2020

• Has COVID-19 Made the Philippines the 'Sick Man of Asia' Once More?

  Adam Schwarz and Ken Estiller
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 24 June 2020

• Early Warning Signs of Abusive Constitutionalism in Indonesia: Pandemic as Pretext

  Stefanus Hendrianto
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 20 June 2020

• The Militarized Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: An Escalating Threat to Human Rights

  Michael Yusingco and Angelika Pizarro
  Originally posted on the IACL-AIDC Blog, 18 June 2020

• Vietnam and the Virus

  John McCarthy AO
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 18 June 2020

• Australia’s Unsung COVID-19 Heroes: The Diplomats

  Melissa Conley Tyler and Pravin Silva
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 18 June 2020

• Reinventing Singapore in the Age of COVID

  Kean Wong
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 17 June 2020

• Why Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam Have Been Effective in Fighting COVID-19

  Huong Le Thu
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 16 June 2020

• Flying Blind: Indonesia Grapples to Respond to COVID-19

  Donald Greenlees
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 11 June 2020

• Ear to Asia Podcast - Kevin Rudd on China’s Place in a Post-Pandemic World

  Kevin Rudd
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 5 June 2020

• Policing and Public Health in Pakistan

  Zoha Waseem, 4 June 2020

• COVID-19 in India: Seeking Accountability in a Moment of Crisis (II)

  Anindita Mukherjee
  Originally posted on the IACL-AIDC Blog, 4 June 2020

• COVID-19 in India: Examining the Structural Enablers of Over-Centralisation (I)

  Anindita Mukherjee
  Originally posted on the IACL-AIDC Blog, 4 June 2020

• Singapore’s Massive COVID-19 Oversight

  Sow Keat Tok
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 2 June 2020

• The Constitutional Propriety of India’s COVID-19 Response from a Distribution of Powers Perspective

  Akshay Aurora
  Originally posted on the IACL-AIDC Blog, 2 June 2020

• 'Judicialising' the Pandemic in Pakistan

  Yasser Kureshi, 28 May 2020

• Road Map of Post-Pandemic Asia May Look Different

  Greg Earl
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 28 May 2020

• A Pandemic of Modern Piracy: The Decline of Regional Order

  Choi Kang
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 27 May 2020

• COVID-19 Responses in Japan from an Administrative Law Perspective: Why won’t Pachinko Parlours Close Down?

  Shusaku Kitajima and Stacey Steele, 26 May 2020

• ‘This Trial from God’: The Politics of COVID in Malaysia

  Donald Greenlees
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 26 May 2020

• Interview: COVID-19 is Accelerating Trends Towards a More Polarised World

  Hoo Tiang Boon
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 25 May 2020

• Webinar - Public Law Responses to COVID-19: Lessons (or Cautions) from Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong

  Wen-Chen Chang, Daisy Cheung, Calvin Ho and Jaclyn Neo
  Hosted by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales, 25 May 2020

• China’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic: Fighting Two Enemies

  Eva Pils
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 25 May 2020

• Regionalism Rises in Japan to Confront COVID-19

  Dan Rosen, 21 May 2020

• The Indian Travel Ban is Overbroad

  Thulasi K. Raj, 21 May 2020

• COVID-19 and Democratic Deliberation in India

  Anmol Jain and Pranny Dhawandwide
  Originally posted on the IACL-AIDC Blog, 21 May 2020

• Ear to Asia Podcast - Is Indonesia’s COVID-19 Response Too Little, Too Late?

  Tim Lindsey and Ian Wilson
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 21 May 2020

• Reopening Vietnam: How the Country’s Improving Governance Helped it Weather the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Trang (Mae) Nguyen and Edmund Malesky
  Originally published by the Brookings Institution, 20 May 2020

• Perspectives: ASEAN COVID Initiatives Have Failed

  Herman Joseph S. Kraft
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 20 May 2020

• Perspectives: Myanmar Needs a Strong ASEAN to Fight Coronavirus

  Aung Zin Phyo Thein
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 20 May 2020

• Debating the Applicability of India’s Disaster Management Law to COVID-19

  Goutham Shivshankar
  Originally posted on the Administrative Law Blog, 19 May 2020

• Indonesia is Exploiting the COVID-19 Crisis for Illiberal Purposes

  Rafiqa Qurrata A'yun and Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 15 May 2020

• Moon Relies on TRUST in Korea’s COVID Fight

  Asialink
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 15 May 2020

• Japan’s Soft State of Emergency: Social Pressure Instead of Legal Penalty

  Akiko Ejima
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 13 May 2020

• COVID in Thailand: Failed and Foolhardy Predictions

  James Wisen
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 13 May 2020

• COVID-19 and China’s Five-Year Plan to Create a ‘Xiaokang’ Society

  Craig Smith
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 12 May 2020

• Taking Jokowi to Court Over COVID-19: Is the Government Liable?

  Linda Rae Bennett
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 12 May 2020

• Not a Sporting Chance: COVID-19 Dashes Japan’s Olympic Economic Hopes

  Asialink
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 11 May 2020

• India is Shaping a ‘New Multilateralism’ in a Post-COVID World

  Tanya Spisbah
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 8 May 2020

• China's COVID Exit: Challenges Ahead

  Nick Henderson and Michael Hester
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 6 May 2020

• COVID: The Asian Experience

  Donald Greenlees
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 6 May 2020

• The Indian Administrative Response to COVID-19

  Devansh Kaushik
  Originally posted on the Administrative Law Blog, 5 May 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – XXI: The Mandatory Imposition of the Aarogya Setu App

  Vasudev Devadasan and Gautam Bhatia
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 2 May 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – XX: Parliamentary Accountability

  Vasudev Devadasan and Gautam Bhatia
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 1 May 2020

• Asia is Uniting Around Virus Crisis

  Kavi Chongkittavorn
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 1 May 2020

• From the Virus, a Stronger more Confident China

  Peter Ho
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 1 May 2020

• Unite to Fight the Common Enemy

  Li Li
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 1 May 2020

• Deglobalisation, Authoritarianism and Asia’s Post-Virus Future

  Shyam Saran
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 1 May 2020

• A Liberal Darling or an Inadvertent Hand to Dictators? Open-Ended Lawmaking and Taiwan’s Legal Response to the Covid Pandemic

  Ming-Sung Kuo
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 30 April 2020

• Cracks in India’s Constitutional Framework

  Karan Gupta
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 28 April 2020

• COVID-19 Lockdown in India – Need For A Tailored Approach As One Size Does Not Fit All Its Regions

  Sarthak Roy and Niriksha Sanghvi
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide., 25 April 2020

• Talking Indonesia: The Government’s COVID-19 Response

  Dave McRae
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 24 April 2020

• It may not be Perfect, but there are Three Lessons Indonesia can Learn from China in dealing with the Coronavirus

  Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Dimas Rizki Permadi
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 24 April 2020

• No Time to Start a Virus Blame Game

  John McCarthy AO
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 23 April 2020

• Ear to Asia Podcast - COVID-19 and India’s Social and Political Fault Lines

  Azad Bali and Pradeep Taneja
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 23 April 2020

• Taiwan’s Proactive Prevention of COVID-19 under Constitutionalism

  Chien-Liang Lee
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 22 April 2020

• UN Security Council Should Take Lead

  Tan Sri Hasmy Agam and Anis H Bajrektarevic
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 21 April 2020

• The Philippines’ Dalliance with Authoritarianism in Times of National Emergency

  Michael Henry Yusingco
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 21 April 2020

• Singapore’s Legislative Approach to the COVID-19 Public Health ‘Emergency’

  Jaclyn Neo and Darius Lee
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 18 April 2020

• COVID-19: Australia and Indonesia's Middle Power Moment

  Greta Nabbs-Keller and Ian Errington
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 16 April 2020

• Emergency Powers in Nepal: An Ordinary Response?

  Iain Payne
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 15 April 2020

• Fear of Unaccountability vs Fear of a Pandemic: COVID-19 in Hong Kong

  Geoffrey Yeung
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 14 April 2020

• An Executive Emergency: India’s Response to Covid-19

  Gautam Bhatia
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 13 April 2020

• Indonesia’s Fight against COVID-19: A Battle Over the Meaning of Emergency?

  Abdurrachman Satrio
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 12 April 2020

• Getting the Numbers on Coronavirus in Indonesia

  Ben Phillips
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 9 April 2020

• Bracing for the Next Pandemic

  Donald Greenlees
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 9 April 2020

• Indonesia was in Denial over Coronavirus. Now it may be Facing a Looming Disaster

  Tim Lindsey and Tim Mann
  Originally posted on The Conversation, 8 April 2020

• Reaching Out to Asia

  John McCarthy AO
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 9 April 2020

• COVID-19: Engaging Asia

  Penny Burtt
  Originally posted on Asialink Insights, 9 April 2020

• Talking Indonesia: The COVID-19 Emergency

  Dirk Tomsa
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 9 April 2020

• Is Democracy a Help or a Hindrance in Fighting Pandemics?

  Robertus Robet
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 8 April 2020

• American Bioweapon or the ‘China Virus’? The War of Words over COVID-19

  Melissa Conley Tyler and Tiffany Liu
  Originally posted on the Melbourne Asia Review, 6 April 2020

• Coronavirus and the Media: In Times of Crisis, a Democracy needs a Free Press more than Ever

  Sadanand Dhume
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 4 April 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – VII: Balancing Privacy and Public Health in Karnataka

  Basawa Prasad
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 3 April 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – VI: On the Freedom of Movement

  Gautam Bhatia
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 30 March 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – IV: Privacy in a Public Health Crisis

  Suhrith Parthasarathy
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 29 March 2020

• Coronavirus and the Constitution – III: The Curfew and the Quarantine

  Gautam Bhatia
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 27 March 2020

• Governing Lawfully in Crisis: COVID-19 and Public Accountability in Nepal

  Iain Payne and George Varughese
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 26 March 2020

• Fighting COVID 19 – Legal Powers and Risks: South Korea

  Seokmin Lee
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 25 March 2020

• Investment at all Costs: Jokowi Fails the Coronavirus Test

  Ahmad Syarif Syechbubakr
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 24 March 2020

• Learning (or Failing to Learn) from the Lessons of the 1918 Spanish Flu

  Ravando Lie
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 23 March 2020

• Taiwan’s Fight against COVID-19: Constitutionalism, Laws, and the Global Pandemic

  Wen-Chen Chang
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 21 March 2020

• COVID-19 Pandemic, Social Distancing, and the Courts: Notes from Hong Kong

  P.Y. Lo
  Co-posted in collaboration with COVID-DEM, which curates and publishes analysis of COVID-19's impact on democracy worldwide, 14 March 2020

• Who to Believe: Social Media or Government? The Challenge of Coronavirus in Indonesia

  Krishna Hort, Angus Campbell and Tiara Marthias
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 28 February 2020

• Coronavirus, Fear and Misinformation

  Wisnu Prasetya Utomo
  Originally posted on the Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 4 February 2020