Articles/Op eds
- (2021) ‘After Myanmar’s coup: Can the military hold elections? Elections Watch, 26 Feb
- (2021) ‘The constitutional fiction of Myanmar’s coup‘ JURIST, 18 Feb
- (2021) ‘Myanmar coup on the pretext of a constitutional fig leaf‘ The East Asia Forum, 4 Feb
- (2021) ‘Myanmar’s empty promise of constitutional reform‘ The Interpreter, 3 Feb
- (2021) ‘The power and ambition of Myanmar’s military‘ The Age, 2 Feb.
- (2021) ‘Axing protection for national strategic languages is no way to build ties with Asia‘ The Conversation, 9 February
- (2020) ‘Dumb and Dumber: Government, Universities responsible for decline in Indo-Pacific Languages‘, December, The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 Dec
- (2020) ‘Australia Indonesia relations need to talk the talk‘ 14 Dec, The Interpreter
- (2020) ‘Anti-Democratic Constitutional Landmarks: Myanmar’s Constitutional Tribunal and the Right to Vote’ 8 December, International Association of Constitutional Law.
- (2020) ‘Why Myanmar’s Elections will not be Free, Fair or Safe‘, 12 October, The Interpreter
- (2020) ‘Under the cover of covid-19, Indonesia’s most respected institution under attack’ 14 September, The Sydney Morning Herald
- (2020) ‘Southeast Asian democracies in declining health amid Covid-19‘ 3 July, The Interpreter
- (2020) ‘Asian Law in Australian Universities: Research Centres as Critical Institutional Commitments‘ 21 April, Asian Currents
- (2020) Guest editor of blog series on Trends in Asian Studies in Australia, with Ed Aspinall
- (2019) ‘Illiberalism and Democratic Illusions in Myanmar‘ 20 Nov, New Mandala, also in Burmese and in Bahasa Indonesia
- (2019) ‘Indonesia’s Experiment with Specialised Courts’ 1 Sept, CUP
- (2019) ‘Women in an Era of Anti-Elitism in Asia’ 8 July, Asian Currents
- (2019) ‘Time to Reverse the Indonesian Language Disaster on our Shores’, 14 May The Interpreter.
- (2019) ‘Hope, Despair and the New Normal in Myanmar‘ 9 May, The Interpreter
- (2019) ‘Career Champion’, 9 May, Australia Indonesia Youth Association
- (2019) ‘Don’t Rely on Luck: Making the Most of the FTA with Indonesia’ 18 April, The Interpreter
- (2019) ‘The Death Penalty Paradox in Buddhist Myanmar‘, 13 March, The Interpreter
- (2019) ‘Renewed calls for constitutional change in Myanmar’s military-state‘, 14 March, East Asia Forum
- (2019) ‘Press Freedom in Myanmar, 23 Jan, World Politics Review
- (2018) ‘Myanmar’s Press Freedom Mirage‘, 20 Nov, The Interpreter
- (2018) ‘Elections a Sham in Rakhine State‘, 1 Nov, The Interpreter
- (2018) ‘Myanmar’s Rakhine State Crisis: Diplomatic Challenges for Australia and ASEAN‘ Disruptive Asia, The Asia Society, March
- (2018) ‘Democracy and Peace Frustrated in Myanmar’, 29 Jan, The Interpreter
- (2017) ‘The Twisted Politics of Terrorism in Myanmar‘ 12 Sept, The Interpreter
- (2017) ‘Ahok, Indonesia’s Nemo, sentenced to jail’ 10 May, Policy Forum
- (2017) ‘Myanmar’s Legal Voice of Conscience: A personal tribute, U Ko Ni’, New Mandala, 31 January
- (2016) ‘Islamist rule by law in Indonesia‘ 2 Dec, Policy Forum, ANU.
- (2016) ‘What do blasphemy charges mean for Ahok? 22 Nov, Indonesia@Melbourne.
- (2016) ‘Blasphemy charges against Ahok a victory for Islamists in Indonesia’, 17 Nov, East Asia Forum.
- (2016) ‘Reigning in Emergency Powers in Myanmar‘, 3 Nov, East Asia Forum.
- (2016) ‘Jokowi’s Islamist Challenge: Curbing Terrorism and Religious Intolerance’ 31 Aug, The Guardian
- (2016) ‘The Constitutional Implications of Myanmar’s Peace Process‘, 25 July, ConstitutionNet
- (2016) ‘Dawn of a Democratic Era or Dialogue with Dictators? The Challenges Ahead for Myanmar’s New Leaders’, 12 Feb, ConstitutionNet
- (2016) ‘Indonesia: Persecution disguised as fighting terrorism‘ 28 Jan, The Sydney Morning Herald.
- (2015) ‘Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar is misunderstood by the West’ 3 Dec, The Sydney Morning Herald.
- (2015) ‘Why constitutional review is needed‘, 17 July, The Myanmar Times
- (2015) ‘Law and Conflict in Myanmar, 11 August, New Mandala
- (2015) Myanmar elections lack legitimacy without constitutional change, 25 May, East Asia Forum
- (2014) ‘Reality check needed on Islam, Buddhism in Myanmar’ 17 Nov, New Mandala
- (2014) ‘Writs but no Weapons? A Stocktake on Administrative Justice in Myanmar’ 12 Nov, International Journal of Constitutional Law blog.
- (2014) ‘Myanmar’s Muslim Mosaic and the Politics of Belonging‘ New Mandala, 4 Nov.
- (2014) ‘Road to Constitutional Amendment in Myanmar Going Nowhere’ East Asia Forum [Special Edition: On the Edge in Asia] 27 March
- (2013) ‘Myanmar’s Constitutional Transition is the Military’s Call, 27 Nov, The Conversation
- (2013) ‘Indonesian Constitutional Court rejects Blasphemy Law Case’ 23 Oct, International Journal of Constitutional Law blog.
- (2013) ‘Teaching Myanmar’s Next Generation of Lawyers’ 18 Sept, East Asia Forum (ANU)
- (2013) ‘Constitutional Amendment Key to 2015 Elections’ 8 Aug, New Mandala [ANU]
- (2013) ‘Indonesian Constitutional Court reconsiders Blasphemy Law’ 30 Jul, International Journal of Constitutional Law blog
- (2013) ‘Constitutional Writs as “Weapons” in Myanmar?’ 9 Jul, International Journal of Constitutional Law blog
- (2013) ‘Myanmar: Civil-Military Relations and Constitutional Reform’ 21 Jun, East Asia Forum (ANU) [reposted in Asia Sentinel, 21 Jun, and The Irrawaddy 24 Jun]
- (2013) ‘The Challenge of Regulating Religious Freedom in Indonesia’ 18 Feb, Right Now
- (2012) ‘Law Reform and Human Rights in Indonesia-Myanmar: The Potential of National Human Rights Commissions’ No 62 (Winter) International Institute of Asian Studies 7.
- (2012) ‘The Indonesian Blasphemy Case: Affirming the Legality of the Blasphemy Law’ 1(2) Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 1-4.
- (2012) ‘Religious Intolerance and Law Reform in Indonesia’ 20 Jun, East Asia Forum (ANU).
- (2012) ‘Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law: Bleak Outlook for Minority Religions’ 14
(26 Jan) Asia Pacific Bulletin No 146. - (2012) ‘Indonesia’s Draft Law Exacerbates Religious and Ethnic Tensions’ 20 Mar, Asia Pacific Memo No 141 (Institute of Asian Research, UBC) with Antje Missbach
- (2012) ‘Australia-Indonesia commitment must on people-smuggling’ Crikey, 10 Sept
- (2011) ‘Religious Deviancy and the Law: The Escalation of Violent Attacks Prompts Some Local Governments to Ban Ahmadiyah’ (Jul-Sept) Inside Indonesia.
- (2010) ‘God and Democracy: A Christian Church is Asserting its Democratic Rights by Suing the Mayor of Depok’ 100 (April-June) Inside Indonesia with Tim Lindsey
- (2008) ‘Burma’s millstone milestone’, The Herald Sun, 20 October 2008, p 20.
Podcasts/Interviews/Seminars
- (2021) Oxford Political Review podcast
- (2021) Central European University Democracy Institute’s Review of Democracy (RevDem) podcast series on the Global South – focus on Myanmar
- (2021) Constitutional breakdowns: coups, crisis and disruptions, LawASIA, Law Council of Australia and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (webinar)
- (2021) Military coup in Myanmar: what just happened? (webinar) ANU
- (2021) Jindal School of International Affairs (India), Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, on the coup in Myanmar
- (2021) The Lowy Institute Conversations podcast, The Coup in Myanmar
- (2021) Cape Talk radio podcast, South Africa, on Myanmar’s coup and the international response
- (2021) The Asia Society podcast, Explainer on Myanmar’s coup
- (2021) The Asia Society podcast, After the Coup: whats next for Myanmar?
- (2021) Podcast with the International Association of Constitutional Law, ‘Methodological questions in comparative constitutional law: Language as a barrier and an opportunity’
- (2020) Podcast with the Institute of Migrant Rights on Myanmar’s Constitution in Context (Cianjur, Indonesia)
- (2020) Podcast with the ASEAN Society for the UNSW ASEAN Conference 2020
- (2020) Podcast with the New Books Network on The Constitution of Myanmar
- (2020) Webinar on ‘Covid-19 and Constitutionalism in Asia’, National University of Singapore
- (2020) Webinar on ‘Public Law Responses to Covid-19: Lessons from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law
- (2020) Webinar on ‘Why Special Autonomy in West Papua has failed’, Diplomacy Training Program
- (2019), ‘Indonesian Language in Australian Schools‘, Australia Indonesia Institute
- (2019) Australia Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA) Career Champion
- (2019) Short clip on Indonesia’s 2019 Elections, UNSW
- (2018) Politics in Southeast Asia: A Review, at Sydney’s Southeast Asia conference on Politics in Action
- (2017) Podcast on ‘Muslims, NGOs, and the future of democratic space in Myanmar’, The Religious Studies Project
- (2016) Myanmar Update, Update on Politics in Southeast Asia, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre