Power

Political reporting and analysis on the big questions facing the region.

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

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 • 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