February 2008
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| Special Report | Asian Perspectives 2007 |
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December 2007
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| Cambodia | All Attention Focused on the ECCC |
| Timor-Leste | Timor-Leste's Roadmap for Recovery |
| India | India's Energy Suppliers: Questions on the IPI Gas Pipeline |
| Malaysia | Malaysia's Prague Spring? |
| Pakistan | Time Running Out for Musharraf |
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November 2007
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| China | China and the Olympics |
| Timor-Leste | Resource Curse or Resource Riches - Petroleum Revenue Management Challenges for the New Government |
| India | India's Oil and Gas Reserves: ''Under-explored'' Not ''Under-endowed'' |
| Malaysia | A New Low for the Judiciary |
| Myanmar | Reflections |
| Pakistan | Status Quo or Democracy Through the Back Door? |
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October 2007
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| Special Report | APEC and Human Security - A Work In Progress? |
| Bangladesh | ''The Year of Living Dangerously'' |
| Timor-Leste | Unity and Divisions under New Leadership |
| India | SEZs as an Export Promotion Strategy: Can India Recreate China's Success Story? |
| Indonesia | Indonesia Politics: Shifting Ground? |
| Japan | Long List of Japanese Soft Power: But Who Deserves the Credit? |
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September 2007
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| Cambodia | The End of the Beginning for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal? |
| India | India's "Look East" Policy: A Return to Asia |
| India | India's Blue Water Reach: Naval Strategic Issues in South Asia |
| Myanmar | Myanmar's Roads to Regional Riches? |
| Thailand | Politics |
| Thailand | Thailand's Counter-Insurgency Operations in the Deep South |
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July 2007
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| Timor-Leste | Timor at the Polls |
| India | Indo-US Nuclear Deal Remains in the Balance |
| Malaysia | No Joy for Malaysia's Non-Muslims: The Lina Joy Verdict and its Implications |
| Myanmar | In the Shadows of the Thai-Burma Border: East Asia's Foremost Refugee Crisis |
| Thailand | Thailand and Post-Thaksin Politics |
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June 2007
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| India | Political Inclusiveness & Electoral Dividends in the State of Uttar Pradesh |
| Malaysia | ''Islam Hadhari'' - A Still-Born Child? |
| Myanmar | Road Map |
| Thailand | Politics |
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May 2007
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| Cambodia | Cambodian Local Elections |
| India | India Balancing: In Pursuit of Two Agenda |
| Indonesia | The History Wars: Banning Books, Closing Minds? |
| Laos | Laos' Will to Regionalise |
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April 2007
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| China | ''Beijing - Guardian of the Pacific?'' |
| Timor-Leste | The Armed Crisis in Timor-Leste - It's Not All About Reinado |
| Indonesia | Should Indonesians Fear Female Suicide Bombers Next? |
| Japan | Promoting Democracy in Asia Comes with a Distinct Disadvantage for Japan |
| Malaysia | Pressing for Electoral Reforms |
| Malaysia | The Return of the Prodigal Son: Anwar on the Comeback Trial |
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March 2007
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| Region | ASEAN As An Articulated Community |
| Brunei | His Majesty's New Year Addresses (2007M/1428H) |
| Cambodia | Legal Issues Dominate Discussion |
| Timor-Leste | Pre-Election Nerves |
| India | Inflation Beast - Here I Come! |
| Indonesia | Growth of White-Collar Unionism |
| Myanmar | Myanmar in the Doldrums |
| Vietnam | New Policy Directions Announced |
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February 2007
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| Region | A Tentative Attempt towards Solving the Andersonian Puzzle |
| Brunei | HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah and the Sultanate's Foreign Policy |
| China | President Hu's Africa Visit |
| India | India's Pakistan Dilemma |
| Malaysia | An Intellectual Life |
| Myanmar | Anglo-American Impotence |
| Philippines | Crucial Mid-Term Elections in May |
| Vietnam | Below the Surface of Ecomomic Transformation - Rapid Social Change and its Influence on the HIV/AIDS |
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January 2007
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| Region | Temporary Overseas Labour Migration: A Challenge for Southeast Asia |
| Brunei | Centenary of the Post Office |
| Cambodia | Onwards and Upwards for Hun Sen |
| India | Restoration of Growth Poverty Reduction Nexus in India |
| Indonesia | A Conflict Transformed |
| Malaysia | Do Muslims Really Need a Central Command HQ? |
| Philippines | The NPA at 38 |
| Singapore | Sentosa Casino and Malaysian Investments |
| Vietnam | Social Unity Under Stress? |
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December 2006
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| Region | Breathing More Easily For Now |
| Timor-Leste | Is the Country Back on Track? |
| India | A Macroeconomic Round Up of the Indian Economy |
| Malaysia | Dr Mahathir and his Unrelentless Criticism of the Malaysian Government |
| Myanmar | Economic Advances, Political Reverses |
| Singapore | A Tax Compact for the Future |
| Thailand | The King and ''Him'' |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Goes Mainstream |
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November 2006
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| Special Report | Errata: October 2006 Cambodia article |
| Region | A Shift in the Regional Balance of Power After North Korea's Nuclear Test? |
| Brunei | His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Reaches the Age of Sixty |
| India | The Need for a Freedom-Based Perspective of Development in the Bundelkhand Region |
| Indonesia | Microcredit in Indonesia |
| Malaysia | Sarawak Politics 2006: 'Wake-Up Call' and 'Withering Dayakism' |
| Myanmar | The UNSC Backlash? |
| Thailand | Whither Democracy? |
| Vietnam | Higher Education Reform and World-Class Universities |
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October 2006
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| Brunei | The Rise of Dato Mohd Eussoff Agaki |
| Cambodia | Ever Present 'Alarums and Excursions' |
| India | India's Agenda in Afghanistan |
| Indonesia | Indonesia Promotes Economic Reform: What Results So Far? |
| Malaysia | The Long March Towards Desecularisation |
| Myanmar | More of the Same? Nowhere Else to Go? |
| Philippines | The Economy and Fiscal Situation Improve |
| Thailand | Military Coup as Means to Further Democracy? |
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September 2006
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| Brunei | Economic Developments in the Second and Third Quarters of 2006 with Special Reference to Hydrocarbon |
| India | Offshoring and Outsourcing Risks |
| Indonesia | The Kalimantan/Malaysia Borderlands: Contested Periphery or Heartland? |
| Laos | Developing Laos' Natural Potential |
| Malaysia | Mahathir's Internet Politics |
| Myanmar | No Change for ASEAN |
| Philippines | Shifting Patterns of Political Violence Defy Old Stereotypes |
| Singapore | The Missing Babies Problem |
| Vietnam | The Big Strikes: Did the Government "Cave In" to Workers or Did it Lead Them? |
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August 2006
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| Region | Papuan Refugees and Australia-Indonesia Relations |
| Timor-Leste | Restoring Order in Timor Leste: The Challenges for the Ramos-Horta Government |
| India | Is the Human Face of Economic Reforms Remaining Elusive? |
| Laos | New Government Sworn In |
| Malaysia | The "Missing" Prime Minister? |
| Myanmar | Pushing Ahead |
| Philippines | Outsourcing and Economic Growth |
| Singapore | Post-Election Blues |
| Thailand | iTV - Not Just a TV Station |
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July 2006
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| Brunei | Fisheries, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism |
| Cambodia | New Problems, Old Problems |
| India | India and Energy: A New Great Game |
| Indonesia | Indonesia's Disappointing Economic Peformance |
| Laos | Lao Leadership Change |
| Malaysia | Village Rules |
| Singapore | Intimations of a Budding Global City |
| Vietnam | Preparing for WTO Accession and Beyond |
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June 2006
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| Brunei | A Period of Consolidation in Foreign Bilateral Relations |
| China | Why are China's Financial and Fiscal Sector Reforms so Intertwined and Arduous? |
| India | The Central Bank's Risk Pricing Initiative and Implicit Increase in Interest Rates |
| Malaysia | Abdullah in the Middle |
| Myanmar | The Hardliners Get Harder |
| Philippines | The Philippines' ''Dirty War'' |
| Singapore | GE 2006 |
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May 2006
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| Cambodia | Landscapes of Uneven Development |
| India | India's Great Vulnerability - Energy Insecurity |
| Indonesia | Suspicions about Australia |
| Laos | The Eighth Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party: More of the Same |
| Malaysia | Assessing Pak Lah |
| Myanmar | Are NLD's Days Numbered? |
| Philippines | More Pressures on Arroyo |
| Singapore | Staying Together, Moving Ahead: It's Election Time |
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April 2006
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| Brunei | Human Rights and the Defence of Malay Culture |
| Cambodia | Amity Breaking Out All Over |
| Timor-Leste | Australia and East Timor Resolve Dispute Over Offshore Gas and Oil |
| India | The Great Divide |
| Malaysia | Happy Days Are Here Again for the Opposition |
| Philippines | Arroyo Declares 'State of Emergency' |
| Singapore | Arbitraging On China and India Knowledge |
| Vietnam | Destined for Success |
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March 2006
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| Special Report | Facing Energy and Environmental Realities |
| Region | Indian Agricultural Exports and the Compliance Standards of Developed Countries |
| Timor-Leste | The East Timor Truth Commission Report |
| India | India Seeks to Boost GDP Growth |
| Indonesia | Fighting Corruption |
| Malaysia | Sarawak State Election 2006 |
| Philippines | The Philippine Conundrum |
| Singapore | The Invisible Opposition |
| Vietnam | Vietnam's Accession to the WTO in 2006? |
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February 2006
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| Brunei | Further Attempts at Economic Diversification |
| India | Management Education in India - A Case of Excellence in a Sea of Mediocrity |
| Malaysia | The Politics of Compliance, Conviction and Convenience: A Rudimentary Analysis of Anwar Ibrahim |
| Myanmar | The Misfit between Democratic Hopes and Domestic Realities |
| Philippines | Charter Change in Full Steam, Once Again |
| Singapore | Gearing Up for Election Year 2006 |
| Thailand | The King and Thai Democracy |
| Vietnam | Obstacles on the Road to Universal Health Insurance |
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January 2006
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| Region | A Significant Step towards an East Asian Community |
| Brunei | Royal Wedding, Speeches and a Fresh Oil Strike |
| Cambodia | Border Agreement Sparks Tensions |
| India | Need for Capability Building in State Owned Enterprises |
| Malaysia | Barisan Nasional Continues to Reign |
| Myanmar | Hiding in Shame? |
| Philippines | Relying on Remittances |
| Singapore | The Thrust of the Economy |
| Thailand | The Politics of Decentralisation |
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December 2005
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| China | Land Reforms in China - A Monumental Task |
| India | Interest Rate Corrections - Is it for the Benefit of Depositors? |
| Indonesia | Consolidating Indonesian Democracy - The Case of the PKS |
| Laos | To Trade Or Not To Trade |
| Malaysia | To Think Or Not To Think - Malaysia's University Dilemma |
| Myanmar | On the Road to Mandalay |
| Philippines | Australian Counter-Terrorism Proposal Faces Rocky Road in Philippine Senate |
| Thailand | Matichon - Changing Cultures on the Thai Stock Market |
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November 2005
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| Brunei | Some Recent Economic Developments |
| India | The Red Factor |
| Indonesia | The First Year of the Yudhoyono-Kalla Government |
| Myanmar | The Problem of Military Succession, Rumours and Inflation |
| Philippines | JI's Favourite Training Ground |
| Singapore | Openness with Limits |
| Thailand | On Trial - Competing Interpretations of Violence in the South of Thailand |
| Vietnam | Mobilizing Overseas Vietnamese Human Capital to Promote Economic Growth in Vietnam |
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October 2005
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| Region | India and Pakistan: Blow Hot Blow Cold |
| Brunei | His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's Birthday Titah and its Echoes |
| Cambodia | Plus ca Change |
| Indonesia | A Triumph for the Government |
| Malaysia | "Banging On" about "Bangsa"; or, National Unity Once Again |
| Philippines | Philippine President Escapes Impeachment |
| Thailand | Thailand Legal Guide updated |
| Thailand | When People take Justice into their Own Hands |
| Vietnam | The Problems of Change in General Education over the Last Year |
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September 2005
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| Special Report | India Making Sense of its Oil Needs |
| Region | Urban Water Challenges for Small and Medium Sized Cities |
| China | Public Consultation in China |
| India | Fiscal Reform: Some Issues and Challenges |
| Laos | Maintaining Economic Reform Focus |
| Malaysia | Rumblings over the Approved Permits (AP) Issue |
| Myanmar | In for the Long Haul amidst Bleak Realities |
| Philippines | Opportunities Lost? |
| Singapore | Celebrating 40 Years of Independence: |
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August 2005
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| Brunei | Bilateral and Multilateral Developments in Foreign Affairs |
| Cambodia | Cambodia's Pathways to International Trade |
| India | Atomic Sense |
| Indonesia | Oil Palm, The Malaysia Connection |
| Malaysia | MCA and Chinese Representation |
| Myanmar | Post-Khin Nyung Politics |
| Philippines | Arroyo Endures a Tumultuous July |
| Singapore | The Strategic Intent of a Global Hub of Hubs |
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July 2005
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| Brunei | The Fourth Cabinet as of 24 May 2005 - Plus CA Change |
| Cambodia | Politics Eclipsed |
| China | Reform of China's Largest State-Owned Bank |
| India | Is the Interest Rate Cycle Beginning to take an Upturn? |
| Indonesia | Seeking Private Sector Involvement in Infrastructure |
| Malaysia | The PAS Muktamar 2005 |
| Philippines | Arroyo Survives Another Crisis |
| Singapore | Despite Setbacks, Singapore's Businesses Continue Seeking Global Links |
| Vietnam | Education Law and Economic Growth |
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June 2005
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| Region | Reform of Public Enterprises - Lessons from the Indian Context and Elsewhere |
| Brunei | A Mixed Bag of Political and Economic Developments |
| India | The UPA Government - One Year On |
| Laos | Opportunities and Risks of Closer Sub-Regional Integration |
| Myanmar | Anti-Regime Groups, Bombing and Conspiracies - The ABC's of Myanmar Politics |
| Philippines | Philippines: Deepening Terror Coalition Places Muslim 'Reverts' in the Spotlight |
| Singapore | Going for Broke: Not One Casino, but Two Integrated Resorts |
| Thailand | Thailand's National Reconciliation Commission - Can it Solve Southern Problems? |
| Vietnam | New SOE Equitisation Push |
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May 2005
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| Region | Rudimentary Thoughts on Funding Academics and Civil Society |
| India | Government Embarrassed due to Gubernatorial Indiscretions |
| Indonesia | President SBY - Applauded Abroad, Doubted at Home |
| Laos | The Current State of Politics in Laos |
| Malaysia | Parliament Under Abdullah |
| Myanmar | Military seems set for a Long Game |
| Vietnam | Strong Economic Growth |
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April 2005
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| Brunei | Continuing Oil Boom as the Pull of China Strengthens |
| Cambodia | A Prevailing Air of Quiescence |
| Indonesia | Tsunami Relief and Resurgent Nationalism |
| Malaysia | Sure Thing in Sarawak Election |
| Myanmar | More of the Same |
| Philippines | Growth without Equity |
| Singapore | To Game or Not to Game? |
| Thailand | Thaksin's Election Triumph: Re-packaging Old Politics? |
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March 2005
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| Region | Illegal Migrants A Thorn in Relations |
| China | Is China Embracing The Market In Its Monetary Policy? |
| Timor-Leste | Fretilin Faces Rebuke In Local Elections |
| Indonesia | The Rise of Jusuf Kalla - Vice President, Power Broker |
| Malaysia | PKR's New Politics |
| Myanmar | Don't Be Duped By SPDC Double Speak |
| Philippines | Disaster Politics and Illegal Logging |
| Singapore | Lee Hsien Loong's First Budget As PM |
| Vietnam | Promoting A Viable And Vigorous SME Sector |
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February 2005
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| Special Report | The 5th India Update Seminar In Canberra |
| Brunei | A Sombre Entry into 2005 As Bandar Seri Begawan Seeks City Status |
| Cambodia | WTO Accession... Where To From Here? |
| China | China Says No To Developed Countries' Corporate Social Responsibility |
| India | Chair Gandhi And CEO Singh - The Centre Is Holding |
| Myanmar | Steady As She Goes, But Some Surprises |
| Philippines | The Staying Power Of Filipino Communism |
| Singapore | A Question Of Margin And Pedigree |
| Vietnam | A Desire To Buy Property In Their Homeland |
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January 2005
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| Region | ASEAN's 10th Summit |
| Brunei | Calming Down After The Earlier Excitement |
| Cambodia | Plus ca Change |
| Timor-Leste | Renewed Uncertainty Over Oil |
| India | The State's Apathy Towards Agricultural Marketing |
| Myanmar | Economic Policy Direction Remains Unclear |
| Singapore | Is It Really Opening Up? |
| Thailand | Who Are The Hands Behind Thailand's Southern Insurgency? |
| Vietnam | Corporate Governance To The Fore |
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December 2004
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| Special Report | Feature Article: China and India - Contrasting Prospects for Growth |
| China | Intra-Party Democracy and the Permanent System of Party Representatives |
| India | The Growing Clout of the Diaspora |
| Indonesia | SBY's First 100 Days - Looking for a Political Format |
| Malaysia | Next Moves? |
| Myanmar | The Praetorian Paradox - The Pathology of Coercive Power |
| Philippines | Deeper into the Quagmire |
| Vietnam | To WTO or Not To WTO |
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November 2004
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| Region | Thirty Years of Sino-Malaysian Relations |
| Brunei | Constitutional Changes in Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| India | The Challenge Lies in Separating Economics from Politics |
| Indonesia | The New Government Settles In |
| Malaysia | The 55th UMNO General Assembly Election |
| Myanmar | Hardliners Entrenched |
| Philippines | The Costly Price of Economic Sabotage |
| Singapore | Always Restructuring, Avoiding Convergence and Reining in Divergence |
| Vietnam | Closer Economic Relations with India as a Source of Growth to Vietnam |
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October 2004
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| Region | Asia's domestics - risks and opportunities |
| Cambodia | Raw Politics and Royal Politics |
| China | China's 'Peaceful Rise' Doctrine |
| Timor-Leste | A Time to 'Measure our Capacity' |
| India | Is Agriculture 'Shining' in India? - Structural Issues Left Unaddressed |
| Indonesia | Another Bombing Attack and a New President |
| Malaysia | Post-Prison Anwar Politics - National Reconciliation or Continuing Tensions? |
| Myanmar | 'Burma Today' |
| Philippines | Australia mulls 'pre-emptive' strikes on southern Philippine terror bases |
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September 2004
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| Region | The ASEAN Dynamic - The Road to a 2020 Security Community passes through Yangon |
| China | Applying the Brakes to the Economy |
| India | Turnover Tax, Policy Roll Back and Investor Community |
| Indonesia | Compensation from the IMF? |
| Laos | Looking Outward |
| Malaysia | Pak Lah's Islamic Challenge |
| Philippines | Bringing the Bureaucracy into Line |
| Singapore | A Changing of the Guard? |
| Thailand | Are Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah in Southern Thailand? |
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August 2004
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| Special Report | CROSS BORDER BUSINESS AND CROSS CULTURAL EVENTS |
| Region | Japan, ASEAN And The Rise of China |
| Brunei | Human And Economic Development |
| China | Where Has Billions of Subsidized Agricultural Household Credit Gone? |
| India | Non Resident Indians Are Being Courted By The Government |
| Indonesia | Indonesia Expels A "Gadfly" |
| Malaysia | Abdullah Badawi Makes His Mark |
| Myanmar | Myanmar Resists Sanctions And Suu Kyi Remains Out Of The Frame |
| Philippines | The Filipino Hostage Crisis in Iraq |
| Thailand | Bitter Lesson For All |
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July 2004
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| Brunei | HRH The Crown Prince Takes Centre Stage |
| Cambodia | A New Dawn? |
| India | Congress in Power: The Sikh and Sonia The Sanyasin (Pt 2 of a 2 Pt Series begun in April '04 Issue) |
| Indonesia | Decentralisation to the District Level: Is It Far Enough? |
| Malaysia | Report Card on the National Service Programme |
| Myanmar | Whither the National Convention? |
| Philippines | Mindanao Peace Talks Remain in Limbo |
| Singapore | Transitioning in Good Times |
| Vietnam | Modernising Education as a Means for Successful Regional Integration |
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June 2004
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| Region | The OIC Seeks a Greater Role |
| China | The Dalai Lama's New Initiative for Autonomy [Part One of a Two Part Series] |
| India | Short Term Economic Reform Fears |
| Malaysia | PM Moves Cautiously |
| Myanmar | One Step Forward, Two Steps Back |
| Philippines | Why Arroyo Won? |
| Singapore | Security Fears Continue |
| Thailand | The Thai-Australian Free Trade Agreement |
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May 2004
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| Brunei | Safeguarding National Unity and Promoting Long-Term Vision (First Quarter 2004) |
| Timor-Leste | Seabed Boundary Stalemate Continues |
| India | Improved Relations with Pakistan The Role of Cricket Diplomacy |
| Indonesia | Now for the Presidency |
| Malaysia | Will He or Won't He? |
| Myanmar | The Return of the Lady |
| Thailand | Thaksin and Thailand, Inc |
| Vietnam | New Challenges Posed by Economic Success |
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April 2004
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| Cambodia | Stalemate Suits Hun Sen |
| China | National Identity and Referenda Issues in Taiwan |
| India | Federal Elections The Feel Good Factor vs Dynasticitis |
| Indonesia | The Dark Side of Indonesian Democracy: Ethnicised Local Politics |
| Malaysia | Election 2004 No Room for Debate over Islam and Development |
| Myanmar | Ethnic Minorities and the Constitutional Process |
| Philippines | Presidential Predictions |
| Thailand | Taksin Hits a Wall of Opposition in South Thailand |
| Vietnam | 2004 Mid Term Review |
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March 2004
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| Special Report | Learn from Sunzi |
| Region | Health and Food Security Issues |
| China | How will the Fiscal System Evolve to appease Oppressed Peasants? |
| Timor-Leste | The UN Looks to Renew for One More Year |
| Malaysia | The Legacies of Mahathirs Privatisation Policy |
| Myanmar | The Road Map to Where? |
| Singapore | Staying on Course with Continuity amidst Change |
| Thailand | What is Happening in the Deep South? |
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February 2004
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| Region | No US Bases in Australia, Says Myers |
| Brunei | Areas for Improvement Identified |
| China | Is China's Currency Peg the Culprit behind US Economic Woes? |
| India | Road Show in Australia by the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| Indonesia | Shaping Up for Elections |
| Malaysia | Rising Crime and Elections |
| Singapore | Indications for Change? |
| Vietnam | From Fish to Shrimp - The Continuing Saga of the US-Vietnam BTA |
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January 2004
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| Cambodia | Political Deadlock |
| China | Cyber Politics |
| India | The Coming Rise in Labour Productivity |
| Laos | Commemorating a National Hero The Fading Legacy of Kaysone Phomvihane |
| Malaysia | Can Abdullah Manage UMNO? |
| Myanmar | The Road Built Around the Map |
| Philippines | Update on the 2004 Presidential Contest |
| Thailand | Thaksin Almost Triumphant |
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December 2003
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| Special Report | India and China: Cutting the (Sikkim) Salami in Cyberspace |
| Region | South East Asia: Monetary Relief |
| China | A Catalyst for Asian Regional Integration |
| Timor-Leste | Boundary Dispute between East Timor and Australia |
| Indonesia | Relations with the US and the Visit of President Bush |
| Malaysia | Fashioning Succession into Power |
| Myanmar | Neighbours Dilute Impact of Sanctions |
| Philippines | Politicking and the Crusade Against Corruption |
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November 2003
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| Special Report | India and China: Shared Visions of a Greater Asia? |
| Brunei | Foreign Affairs at Centre Stage, particularly the Offshore Dispute with Malaysia (Third Quarter '03) |
| China | Referenda on Taiwanese National Identity |
| Indonesia | All Eyes on the Elections |
| Malaysia | Ringgit Pressures |
| Philippines | Terminal Cancer |
| Singapore | The Feel Good Factor A Vital Element in the Meticulous Preparations for Leadership Change |
| Vietnam | A Backlash Against Religious Reconciliation |
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October 2003
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| Region | The Anti-Sweatshop Movement And Asian Factories |
| China | The New Engine Of World Growth? |
| India | Indo-Israeli Trade Talks Where Is Australia? |
| Laos | Jumping On The UN-Human Rights Treaties Bandwagon |
| Malaysia | Hopelessly Divided |
| Philippines | Banking Relief |
| Singapore | Octogenarian Lee Soldiers On |
| Vietnam | Bond Issues Become Increasingly Popular |
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September 2003
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| Cambodia | The Elections Déjà vu |
| Timor-Leste | The Problem With Victory |
| India | Recent Trends In FDI |
| Malaysia | Who Will Be The No 2 Man (or Woman)? |
| Myanmar | Australias Policy Stance Towards Myanmar Questioned |
| Philippines | The Magdalo Uprising In Makati And The Breakdown Of The Military Chain-Of-Command |
| Thailand | A Policemans Lot Is Not A Happy One |
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August 2003
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| Brunei | During The Second Quarter of 2003 Tensions With Malaysia and Further Efforts At Economic Diversifi |
| Timor-Leste | East Timors Foreign Policy Takes Shape |
| India | Hopes for Eight Per Cent Growth Are In Stark Contrast to Reality |
| Malaysia | Abdullah Badawi Transitional or Transformational Leadership Material? |
| Myanmar | The Brawl in Burma |
| Philippines | The Contest For President in 2004 Begins To Hot Up |
| Thailand | Terrorism Reaches Thailand? |
| Vietnam | How Pressure Is Alleviated In Examinations |
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July 2003
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| Cambodia | A Busy Month |
| India | Vajpayees Pakistan Initiative Third Time Lucky? |
| Indonesia | Ambling On With The Status Quo? |
| Laos | On The Border Thai/Lao Trade At Chong Mek |
| Malaysia | The 2004 UMNO General Assembly |
| Myanmar | Broad Based Confidence Building Is Imperative |
| Philippines | The Gambler Collects The Wages of War |
| Vietnam | Foreign Investors Attain New Heights |
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June 2003
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| Timor-Leste | A Year On From Independence |
| India | Budget 2003-04 Soft Peddling For A Hard Landing |
| Laos | Security And Economic Challenges |
| Malaysia | Merger Beginnings |
| Myanmar | Political And Economic Stagnation? |
| Philippines | An Indefinite Ban On Modern Day Heroism |
| Singapore | SARS Threat Lifts But Leaves Its Toll |
| Thailand | Thaksin And Dark Influences |
| Vietnam | Has Hanoi Seen the Light? |
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May 2003
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| Region | The Sars Scourge |
| Brunei | Disturbing Developments Abroad Impact During The First Quarter 2003 |
| India | Language To Confuse and Confront |
| Indonesia | Acehs Latest Peace Accord The Long And Unending Road |
| Laos | Still Waiting To Realise Its First Billion Dollar Investment |
| Myanmar | Banking On Trouble |
| Philippines | The Mindanao Bomb Attacks And Islamic Insurgency Collusion |
| Thailand | Splashing Water On The Sars Fire |
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April 2003
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| Region | Asian Media Commentary on The War In Iraq |
| Cambodia | Khmer Rouge Trials In Sight? |
| China | Grand Scale Water Diversion Project Begins |
| Timor-Leste | Some Good News Amidst The Uncertainties |
| Indonesia | Two Tests For Megawati |
| Laos | The King Is Dead, Long Live The King |
| Philippines | Poorly Performing Projects |
| Singapore | Of Dreams, Tough Minds and Warm Hearts |
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March 2003
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| Special Report | Cambodia & Thailand: Arson and Angkor |
| India | Indias Disinvestment Program: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward? |
| Indonesia | A Political Crisis Without End |
| South Korea | New Leadership in the ROK President ROHs Main Challenge |
| Malaysia | General Election Coming? |
| Myanmar | Shoring Up Its Regional Focus |
| Philippines | Privatisation Pitfalls |
| Singapore | Confidence Building Admist Talk of War |
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February 2003
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| Region | Competitive Trade Diplomacy |
| Brunei | Security and Economic Concerns Feature During the Fourth Quarter 2002 |
| Indonesia | Megawati Decisive On Bali But Prevaricates On Economic Reform |
| Malaysia | Terrorist Activity Under Scrutiny |
| Singapore | Moving Strategically Amidst Uncertainty |
| Thailand | Non-Commercial Risks For Foreign Investors |
| Vietnam | Economic Growth And Sustainable Development |
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January 2003
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| Timor-Leste | Popular Dissatisfaction Boils Over Into Violence |
| India | The Indian Economy Coming Out Of Recession |
| Laos | Foreign Capital Set To Boost Economic Development |
| Malaysia | Howard Bashing Fiesta |
| Myanmar | After The Ne Win Era: Déjà Vu? |
| Philippines | The Deficit And Hopes For Reform |
| Singapore | Terrorist Threat And Economic Woes Continue To Plague The Island State |
| Thailand | Tantalising Prospects? |
| Vietnam | Riding Those Stock Market Blues |
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December 2002
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| Region | Southeast Asia - Labour Migration Woes |
| Cambodia | Succession To The Throne Becomes A Hot Topic |
| China | Upbeat In China |
| Timor-Leste | East Timor Truth Commission |
| India | Indias derailed disinvestment program - the end of the road? |
| Indonesia | Living Dangerously And The Looming Struggle Ahead |
| Laos | Yet Another Attempt At Restructuring The Banking Sector |
| Myanmar | Persistence Is The Only Progress |
| Singapore | Opposition Happy For Now |
| Vietnam | The Policy Process |
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November 2002
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| Region | At A Turning Point Of Kashmir? |
| Brunei | Oil Prices Buoyant As Other Challenges Remain |
| Timor-Leste | The Celebrations End |
| Indonesia | Constitutional Fiddling In Indonesia - Again |
| Malaysia | Steady As He Goes? |
| Myanmar | Democracy Remains A Distant Dream |
| Philippines | Overseas Filipino Workers Get The Vote |
| Singapore | The Issues That Will Not Go Away |
| Thailand | The Political Games Of A CEO |
| Vietnam | State Owned Enterprised Reform And Doi Moi Mark II? |
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October 2002
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| Timor-Leste | Political Tension Between The Head of State And The Government |
| India | Political and Policy Issues To Watch |
| Indonesia | Return to Rapid Growth Cannot Be Taken For Granted |
| Malaysia | UMNOs Electoral Challenge In The Malay Heartland |
| Myanmar | Has Reconciliation Begun? |
| Philippines | Budgetary Blowout |
| Singapore | Terrorist Cells? How Could This Happen in Singapore? |
| Thailand | Thaksin Woos The Military |
| Vietnam | Linking Education And Further Economic Growth |
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September 2002
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| Cambodia | The Dubious Benefits of Joining ASEAN |
| Indonesia | Primordialism Aint What It Used To Be |
| Laos | New Rules, Same Game: Government and Foreign Investment in Lao PDR |
| Malaysia | New Twists For The Old Language Issue |
| Myanmar | Rape by Tatmadaw Men, Fabrication or Fact? |
| Philippines | Despite Positive Economic News Confidence Remains Shaky |
| Thailand | Thaksin's Five Ring Circus |
| Vietnam | Vietnam After The Trade Agreement With The US |
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August 2002
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| Brunei | Negara Brunei Darussalam: Marking Time |
| Timor-Leste | The Spectre Of El Nino |
| Indonesia | Syariah Law Comes To Aceh |
| Laos | Barrow-Loads Of Banknotes |
| Malaysia | Stand-Off Or Stand Down? |
| Myanmar | Problems On Several Fronts |
| Philippines | The Americans Return |
| Singapore | Managing Slower Growth |
| Thailand | Thaksin And Labour Reform |
| Vietnam | Politics And Corruption |
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July 2002
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| Region | Is Australia Losing Engagement? |
| Cambodia | Signs Of Good Intentions? |
| Indonesia | Papua In Jakarta's Eyes |
| South Korea | Heart And Seoul |
| Laos | Banking Sector Consolidation Revisited |
| Malaysia | Continuities And Uncertainties Of Leadership |
| Philippines | Of Con-Con And Cha-Cha |
| Thailand | Economy Of Opportunity? |
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June 2002
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| Region | East Timor - Facing The Future |
| Malaysia | Wayang Kulit In Sarawak |
| Myanmar | The End Of The Beginning |
| Philippines | Investor Confidence And Terrorism |
| Singapore | Preparing For A Different World |
| Thailand | Hearing, Not Listening: A Common Practice |
| Vietnam | Of Rights And Powers: Central Highlands Revisited |
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May 2002
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| Region | China - The Management of Difference |
| Region | East Timor - A Predictable Landslide Victory For a Reluctant Candidate |
| Cambodia | Peace and Stability Is Not Everything |
| Laos | National Assemby With Few Surprises |
| Malaysia | Shortening The Lease |
| Myanmar | Where Is The Money Coming From? |
| Singapore | Free Trade Variations |
| Thailand | Thaksin Visits Australia |
| Vietnam | Stock Market Moves to 5-Day Trading |
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April 2002
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| Brunei | The Problem Of Economic Diversification |
| Cambodia | Still No Tribunal Resolution |
| Timor-Leste | On The Road To Independence |
| Indonesia | Trying Times |
| Laos | Rights And Freedoms |
| Malaysia | Dont Mention The Law! |
| Singapore | A Place In The Sun |
| Thailand | Thaksin Tangles With The Media - Again |
| Vietnam | The US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement And Beyond |
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March 2002
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| Cambodia | One Step Forward, Two Steps Back |
| Indonesia | A Steadier Course |
| Laos | To The Polls |
| Malaysia | Post 11 September - Seeking Domestic Advantage |
| Myanmar | The Rumour Mills Grind On |
| Philippines | They Have Returned - US Forces Are Back |
| Thailand | 12 Months On - Thaksin Fever Ebbs |
| Vietnam | Constitutional and Political Reforms Continue |
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February 2002
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| Cambodia | To The Polls |
| Indonesia | Out Of Africa - Colonial Roots Of Ethnic Conflicts |
| Laos | The Danes' Case Wash Up |
| Malaysia | Turning Back The Clock |
| Myanmar | SPDC's Game Plan |
| Philippines | Islam In 2002 |
| Singapore | General Elections 2001: Not Just Entertainment |
| Thailand | Ups and Downs |
| Vietnam | Politics Lagging Behind Economic Change |
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January 2002
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| Cambodia | Unanswered Questions |
| Indonesia | Peace For East Timor In Troubled Times |
| Malaysia | Apartheid State |
| Myanmar | Some Shake-Ups |
| Philippines | Positively Out Of Step |
| Thailand | Profit Or Loss From 14 October 1973? |
| Vietnam | Further Reforms Needed |
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December 2001
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| Cambodia | Communal Elections |
| Timor-Leste | Countdown To Independence |
| Malaysia | The End Of Certainty |
| Myanmar | Polishing Up The Top Brass |
| Singapore | Incredible But True |
| Thailand | Defence And The Neighbourhood |
| Vietnam | Forgetting The War |
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November 2001
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| Special Report | REGION: Some Responses to the War Against Terrorism |
| Indonesia | Militia Wildcards |
| Laos | Losing a Few More Places in the Queue |
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