People often ask me about sources of information on Southeast Asia . So here are some ideas.
Caveats first: This is absolutely not an exhaustive list. And, of course, all sources of information need care, so make your own mind up about the various editorial slants you’ll find represented here. But I use these sites regularly, and if you’re looking for up-to-date reportage and comment from SEA, they're a good place to start. A lot of them have Facebook pages, and/or opportunities to sign up for email updates.
Best of all, they’re free…
The ASEAN Studies Centre has just upgraded its website, which now looks very slick.
The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), part of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Many of SEA’s countries have think-tanks. The Singapore Institute of International Affairs and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta are very informative sites.
The US also has its Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which has a very useful Southeast Asia Program. This includes the CogitAsia blog and a very active FB page. Their regular newsletter will help you keep track of what's been happening in the region. The Pacific Forum bit of CSIS produces the quarterly Comparative Connections, which contains segments on US-SEA relations and China-SEA relations (and of course the ever influential US-China relations).
Also from the US, and also covering all of Asia but with interesting items on SEA, are the Council on Foreign Relations, with its Asia Unbound blog, and the Asia Foundation, with its In Asia blog.
The Diplomat has a section on the region, as well as a SEA blog called ASEAN Beat (not sure about that title...) And the Asia Correspondent site comprises a variety of columns, many of SEA interest.
International Crisis Group produces very insightful material, based on lots of local research, on Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines.
New Mandala, which covers mainland SEA in a very lively fashion, is one of the sites that are based at the Australian National University. Another is the East Asia Forum. As the name indicates, this one covers the whole region from Japan to India to New Zealand, but there's plenty on SEA. There's also the Indonesia Project, which focuses on the Indonesian economy.
It's also worth checking out some of the material from The University of Melbourne. The Asialink site has links to a variety of essays, media reports, interviews, and so on. It covers the whole of Asia, but SEA is well represented. The Asian Law Centre is also a good source, especially for things Indonesian, as is the Centre for Islamic Law and Society.
The Lowy Institute in Sydney has an East Asia Program that includes SEA. It also hosts The Interpreter, a great zine/blog that is a good source of information on all manner of things, including SEA.
On Thailand, you can't go past the amazingly in-depth Bangkok Pundit, but I also find 2Bangkok very useful, especially for its coverage of Thai-language press.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg...
Also from the US, and also covering all of Asia but with interesting items on SEA, are the Council on Foreign Relations, with its Asia Unbound blog, and the Asia Foundation, with its In Asia blog.
The Diplomat has a section on the region, as well as a SEA blog called ASEAN Beat (not sure about that title...) And the Asia Correspondent site comprises a variety of columns, many of SEA interest.
International Crisis Group produces very insightful material, based on lots of local research, on Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines.
New Mandala, which covers mainland SEA in a very lively fashion, is one of the sites that are based at the Australian National University. Another is the East Asia Forum. As the name indicates, this one covers the whole region from Japan to India to New Zealand, but there's plenty on SEA. There's also the Indonesia Project, which focuses on the Indonesian economy.
It's also worth checking out some of the material from The University of Melbourne. The Asialink site has links to a variety of essays, media reports, interviews, and so on. It covers the whole of Asia, but SEA is well represented. The Asian Law Centre is also a good source, especially for things Indonesian, as is the Centre for Islamic Law and Society.
The Lowy Institute in Sydney has an East Asia Program that includes SEA. It also hosts The Interpreter, a great zine/blog that is a good source of information on all manner of things, including SEA.
On Thailand, you can't go past the amazingly in-depth Bangkok Pundit, but I also find 2Bangkok very useful, especially for its coverage of Thai-language press.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg...
Hi Linda,
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing this list. I am regularly checking a lot of them, but you dug out quite a few I had not on my radar!
Great material.
Cheers from the Asian Trends Monitoring Bulletin
Johannes