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Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 28, 2016 • 8 min read

Chaos theory: what the US election outcome could mean for Southeast Asia

By Logan Connor • Sep 28, 2016
US presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have presented foreign policy platforms that swing from interventionist to isolationist. And voters’ final choice could have far-reaching consequences for Southeast Asia, a region with much at stake in US politics

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 16, 2016 • 8 min read

Russia and Asia Putin’s own ‘pivot to Asia’

By David Hutt • Sep 16, 2016
Russian president Vladimir Putin embarked on a pivot towards Asia of his own well before the US under Barack Obama

Power • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 09, 2016 • 7 min read

Cambodia 15 years underground

By Corinne Purtill • Sep 09, 2016
A new book describes the untold story of the Cambodian families who emerged from the jungle after many years hiding from the Khmer Rouge

Power • Sep 01, 2016 • 8 min read
Cambodia

Caught in the middle

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 Paul Millar • Sep 01, 2016

Power • Aug 25, 2016 • 12 min read
Malaysia

The“badass” cabinet minister and Men’s Health cover model

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 Holly Robertson • Aug 25, 2016

Power • Aug 19, 2016 • 7 min read
Vietnam

From pop star to protest singer

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 
By Logan Connor • Aug 19, 2016

Power • Jul 16, 2016 • 5 min read

After the South China Sea ruling, what’s next?

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

Power • Jul 12, 2016 • 6 min read
Cambodia

Memories of a violent past

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

Power • Jul 07, 2016 • 10 min read
South China Sea

The fighter jet scramble

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

Power • Jun 20, 2016 • 10 min read
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge

The genocide question

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