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- July 2023
- Case
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Conflict on the Nile
By: Mattias Fibiger, Jeremy Friedman, Leah Azeze and Temi Ojuade
- 2023
- Book
Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World
By: Mattias Fibiger
After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a... View Details
- March 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Golden Agri-Resources and the Challenge of Sustainable Palm Oil
By: Mattias Fibiger and Adina Wong
- February 2023
- Teaching Note
Taiwan, Semiconductors, and a 'New Cold War'?
By: Mattias Fibiger
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-035. View Details
- January 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Teaching Note
Japan: Land of the Setting Sun?
By: Mattias Fibiger
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 721-007 and 723-415. View Details
- January 2023
- Teaching Note
Indonesia at a Crossroads
By: Mattias Fibiger
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-028. View Details
- January 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Singapore: 'From Third World to First'
As Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong prepared to step down in 2022, Singapore faced a number of pressing challenges, from popular discontent at home to geopolitical tensions abroad. The country had become very rich after decades of successful economic management, but... View Details
- 2022
- Chapter
Buying Time? The Vietnam War and Southeast Asia
By: Mattias Fibiger
This article examines the “buying time thesis”—the idea that the American war in Vietnam bought time for the rest of Southeast Asia to build up political, economic, military, and diplomatic defenses against communism. It finds that there is some truth to claims that... View Details
Keywords: Vietnam War; Impact; Legacy; Geopolitics; War; History; Government and Politics; Southeast Asia
- 2022
- Article
Indonesia and the Third Indochina War: The End of Containment
By: Mattias Fibiger
The Third Indochina War called forth dramatic changes in the international relations of Southeast Asia. Foremost among these changes was a shift in the geopolitical orientation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The organization’s founders... View Details
- June 2022
- Book Review
On the Vitality of Area Studies: New Directions in Southeast Asian History
By: Mattias Fibiger
Keywords: Southeast Asia
- April 2022 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Taiwan, Semiconductors, and a 'New Cold War'?
By: Mattias Fibiger, Patrick Corelli, Hersh Desai and Sophia Lien
- November 2021
- Article
The Nixon Doctrine and the Making of Authoritarianism in Island Southeast Asia
By: Mattias Fibiger
This article argues that the Nixon Doctrine was an instrument of authoritarianization in island Southeast Asia. It traces the formulation of the Nixon Doctrine and its implementation through foreign aid decisions, revealing that President Richard Nixon and his chief... View Details
- March 2021
- Article
A Diplomatic Counterrevolution: Indonesian Diplomacy and the Invasion of East Timor
By: Mattias Fibiger
This article reinterprets the Indonesian invasion of East Timor as a "diplomatic counterrevolution." Using the central archival records of the Suharto regime for the first time in English-language scholarship, it argues that Indonesian diplomats pursued diplomacy in... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Japan: Land of the Setting Sun?
By: Mattias Fibiger and Soichiro Chiba
- Jun 2020
- Panel Discussion
COVID-19 in Africa: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps
By: John D. Macomber, Mattias Fibiger, Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Shikhar Ghosh, Anywhere Sikochi, Laura Alfaro, Euvin Naidoo and Suraj Srinivasan
In June 2020, the Africa Research Center hosted a four-part webinar series titled COVID-19: Reflections, Challenges and Next Steps. The series brought together alumni and friends from across Africa and provided the opportunity to get to know HBS professors who are... View Details
- 2020
- Article
Remaking the Imperial Presidency: The Mayaguez Incident of 1975 and the Contradictions of Credibility
By: Mattias Fibiger
This article argues that the Mayaguez incident of 1975 was a missed opportunity to establish a more democratic American foreign policy. President Gerald Ford managed the crisis with an eye toward domestic and international credibility. But his conception of credibility... View Details