Ideology

Ideology • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 27, 2021 • 5 min read

Opinion Myanmar human rights supporters need new strategies

By Vanessa Chong • Oct 27, 2021
Local groups and individuals trying to remain safe and maintain their rights and dignity since Myanmar’s military coup need international backers to recalibrate their efforts

Ideology • Oct 08, 2021 • 3 min read
Press freedom

Maria Ressa: Philippine pillar of press freedom

An iconic symbol of the fight for press freedom in an era of strongmen leaders, journalist Maria Ressa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2021
By Agence France-Presse • Oct 08, 2021

Ideology • Mar 23, 2020 • 11 min read
Lee Kuan Yew

The founding father

Five years ago on March 23, Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away at the age of 91. Professor Michael Barr discusses the enduring legacy of the city-state's founding father
By Michael Barr • Mar 23, 2020

Ideology • Mar 13, 2020 • 12 min read
Rohingya crisis

The power of the persecuted

Young Canada-based Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah has helped take the plight of the persecuted ethnic minority group in Myanmar to the world’s largest court, yet her fight for justice has only just begun
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 13, 2020

Ideology • Feb 21, 2020 • 14 min read
Thai democracy

After the Future

Thailand's Future Forward Party face the imminent threat of dissolution on February 21, but a new generation of emboldened grassroots anti-junta activists are ready to lead the charge in their place
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 21, 2020

Ideology • Feb 17, 2020 • 11 min read
Thai democracy

Thanathorn: Future on trial

Thai opposition figure Thanathorn speaks exclusively to Southeast Asia Globe about the charges he and his Future Forward Party face, his plans should the party be dissolved, as well as upcoming protests in the kingdom
By Andrew Haffner • Feb 17, 2020

Ideology • Feb 04, 2020 • 13 min read
Cambodian politics

Hun Sen’s art of giving

January saw Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen mark 35 years in power. Columnist David Hutt examines one crucial tactic of governance that has sustained his more-than three decade rule – the art of giving
By David Hutt • Feb 04, 2020

Ideology • Nov 04, 2019 • 8 min read
ISIS

al-Baghdadi blowback

The ISIS leader’s death and fallout from Turkey’s invasion of Syria have fuelled concerns that jihadists could open a home front
By Zachary Abuza • Nov 04, 2019