Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 14, 2015 • 8 min read
A delicate moment
By Steve Hirsch • Jul 14, 2015
With concerns that reform has stalled, critics are questioning the Obama administration’s strategy towards Myanmar
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Political reporting and analysis on the big questions facing the region.
Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 08, 2015 • 14 min read
Anti-corruption Touching up Cambodia
By Daniel Besant • Mar 08, 2015
After years of floundering near the foot of global rankings on a range of development indicators, Cambodia is finally taking some steps in the right direction
Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 04, 2015 • 12 min read
A new cold war?
By David Hutt • Feb 04, 2015
With the United States’ renewed affection for Asia provoking suspicion from China, will Southeast Asian nations become pawns as the two superpowers battle for influence?
Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 02, 2015 • 3 min read
Prince Norodom Ranariddh The little prince
By David Hutt • Feb 02, 2015
After five decades in and out of Cambodian politics, Prince Norodom Ranariddh has breezily announced yet another return, but many doubt his abilities and motives
Power • Jan 07, 2015 • 7 min read
Vietnam
Custody battle
Within the police force, communist ideals trump education and inflicting pain is the preferred interrogation technique, adding up to a deadly environment inside the nation’s prisons
By Laila Drake • Jan 07, 2015
Power • Nov 02, 2014 • 5 min read
Vietnam-U.S. relationship shows continued signs of improvement, TPP progressing
Recent high-level government meetings have confirmed that Vietnam and the United States are continuing to strengthen their bilateral relations
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Nov 02, 2014
Power • Mar 03, 2014 • 6 min read
Shan Army
Partying for Panglong
Celebrating Shan National Day at the mountaintop headquarters of the Shan State Army-South
By Daniel Otis • Mar 03, 2014
Power • Jan 20, 2014 • 9 min read
Essential Drugs
The price is not right
The massive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal could cause drug prices to soar in Vietnam, devastating people with life-threatening illnesses
By Daniel Besant • Jan 20, 2014
Power • Dec 12, 2013 • 2 min read
Q&A with Asean's Le Luong Minh
The Asean Secretary General provides updates on tourism integration in Southeast Asia
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Dec 12, 2013
Power • Aug 19, 2013 • 5 min read
Propaganda
Massacring the truth
A visit to Jakarta’s Museum of Communist Treachery, one of many institutions that present government propaganda at its finest
By Philip Jacobson • Aug 19, 2013
Power • Aug 06, 2013 • 9 min read
Buddhist extremism
The number of the beast
The anti-Muslim 969 movement is fuelling the fire of religious discontent in Myanmar
By Carlos Sardiña Galache • Aug 06, 2013
Power • Apr 08, 2013 • 7 min read
Khmer Rouge
The paper trail
More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s Stasi files are still throwing up some surprises – not least for those living in Cambodia as profiles on many Khmer Rouge defectors, many of whom lead the country today, have emerged
By Dr Markus Karbaum • Apr 08, 2013