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Political reporting and analysis on the big questions facing the region.
By Sam Bradpiece • Sep 06, 2016
As the first sitting president to visit the communist state, Obama is expected to fly the flag for US interests and reassure his regional allies
By Paul Millar • Sep 01, 2016
With tensions rising between China and the West over the South China Sea, Cambodia once again finds itself walking a knife’s edge between the world’s great powers
By Holly Robertson • Aug 25, 2016
Khairy Jamaluddin is something of a one-off in Malaysian politics. The minister for youth and sports might just be the ruling coalition’s intermediary to the younger generation, and here he discusses identity politics, the nation’s embattled prime minister and whether he might one day seek the top job
By Logan Connor • Aug 19, 2016
Vietnamese pop singer Mai Khoi was recently barred from running for an independent seat in the communist state’s National Assembly. Now, “Vietnam’s Lady Gaga” is leveraging her star power in an effort to bring change to her country
An international tribunal in The Hague ruled this week that China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea are unfounded. We spoke to Carl Thayer, defence analyst at the University of New South Wales, for an insight into Beijing’s next move
By Logan Connor • Jul 16, 2016
The murder of respected political analyst Kem Ley marks a return to Cambodia’s dark past of political violence
By Paul Millar • Jul 12, 2016
As China’s fighter jets patrol the disputed South China Sea, a number of Southeast Asian nations are dragging their air force fleets into the 21st century
By Paul Millar • Jul 07, 2016
The Khmer Rouge, responsible for the deaths of millions of Cambodians in the 1970s, has long been synonymous with the "crime of all crimes". Yet some are questioning whether Pol Pot’s regime is guilty of genocide in all its cruel persecutions
By George Wright • Jun 20, 2016
Spending is big with obscure firms in the hope to gain influence in Washington - and beyond
By David Hutt • Jun 08, 2016
The effects of Cambodia’s recent drought will serve to exacerbate existing structural weaknesses in the rice sector, say experts
By Logan Connor and Paul Millar • May 25, 2016
As US President Barack Obama winds up his visit to Vietnam, we examine how the reluctant bedfellows are now partnering on trade and uniting in the face of Chinese aggression
By Logan Connor • May 25, 2016
The enthusiasm of tourists for Luang Prabang’s heady charms has brought prosperity to the Lao town, but is the visitor influx damaging its cultural treasures?
By Sebastian Strangio • May 25, 2016