Michael Vatikiotis has been a writer, broadcaster, and journalist in Asia for more than 35 years. With family origins in the Middle East, he has lived in Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand as well as Hong Kong. He has written three books on Asian politics: “Indonesian Politics Under Suharto” and “Political Change in Southeast Asia.”
Books in order of publication:
1993 Indonesian Politics Under Suharto (London, Routledge)
1996 Political Change in Southeast Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree (London, Routledge)
2001 Debatable Land (Singapore, Talisman)
2004 The Spice Garden (Jakarta, Equinox)
2007 Singapore Ground Zero (Singapore, Talisman)
2012 The Painter of Lost Souls (Jakarta, Lontar)
Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia -2017
Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant – 2022
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