Adam Simpson

New Open Access article in @Env_Pol with my fantastic collaborators Tom Kean and @spark_syd looking at Myanmar’s environment movement over the last quarter of a century through the prism of assemblages

I was interviewed by South China Morning Post for this great article on China’s Myitsone Dam in Myanmar. Great in-depth coverage on Myanmar by SCMP again: “The dam construction site would provide an ideal target for asymmetric attacks and drone strikes.” scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

‘… exactly what Putin is holding out for.’ My latest in @ConversationEDU on Right wing populism in France, Germany and Europe

My latest w @juliettemm in @eastasiaforum on #ICJ #Rohingya #genocide case: The case has clarified that all state parties share an obligation to enforce the Convention, expanded opportunities for rights-based legal action and strengthened the Court’s use of provisional measures

New Open Access article in ⁦@Env_Pol⁩ with my fantastic collaborators Tom Kean and @spark_syd looking at Myanmar’s environment movement over the last quarter of a century through the prism of assemblages tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My article on the disappointing Thai election results: ‘In a small silver lining for progressive forces a referendum on amending the constitution passed easily but Anutin & the conservatives are in control of the drafting and approval process, which they could draw out for years’

My latest for @ConversationEDU on Japan’s election and Takaichi’s landslide: ‘Improving living standards in a country with a rapidly shrinking workforce and ageing population without mass immigration will test her political skills much more than winning an election.’

I was interviewed for this great article in the Age/SMH on new Japanese PM: ‘The sight of a woman leading a government for the first time offers some hope for younger women that they may be able to make an impact in Japanese politics, and Japanese society’ smh.com.au/world/asia/bor…

Just had this article on Myanmar published in EAF: ‘[Opposition forces] are likely to retain control over most of the de jure and de facto autonomous regions they have carved out … The permanent Balkanisation of Myanmar into predominantly ethnic statelets now looks inevitable.’

My thoughts on the new Japanese PM - she might be more pragmatic once in office but with a conservative coalition partner there will be pressure to toe the right-wing populist line

#Thailand has a new PM, again. Here’s my analysis in @ConversationEDU published a few minutes after the parliamentary vote. Around 47 different drafts this week following the usual twists and turns of Thai politics

I’m currently in Seoul. My new article in @ConversationEDU has just come out: ‘These developments mean #SouthKorea & its allies will need to deal with a much more battle-hardened and technologically advanced #NorthKorea military, its antiquated systems being rapidly transformed’

TACOed. Ahead of schedule.

My article just published in @ConversationEDU on latest shenanigans regarding #Myanmar’s deeply flawed elections, its rare earths and the (no real) options for extraction by the #Trump administration

My thoughts for @ConversationEDU on Sunday’s result in #Poland’s presidential vote: ‘As in other recent global elections, women and those with higher formal education voted progressive (#Trzaskowski), while men and those with less formal education voted conservative (#Nawrocki)’

I gave a short interview for The Wire radio program on the #Coalition’s #nuclear policy - the party room is moving regional and conservative. ‘Unelectable’ is another word for it. thewire.org.au/story/the-futu…

I was interviewed by SBS News on the #Coalition’s #nuclear policy: I argued a pro-nuclear policy for 2028 ‘would cause "further devastation" within its remaining metropolitan seats and push the Coalition into the "electoral wilderness" for a generation’ sbs.com.au/news/article/s…

A nice republish of my post-election nuclear policy article by The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…

Here’s my analysis in @ConversationEDU on the wash up after the Australian election. The final point is that ‘given the new power of the Nationals and regional Liberals in the party room, we may not have seen the last of nuclear fantasies in Australia.’