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By Mark S. Cogan • Jul 22, 2022
The former prime minister's history of pragmatism and diplomacy in Southeast Asia has set a precedent for current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
By Hussain Shah Rezaie • Jul 20, 2022
Following long periods in detention centres, many who fled persecution have encountered repressive conditions driving some to despair and early death
By Brian P. D. Hannon • Jul 19, 2022
U.S. assistant secretary of state visits Phnom Penh with strong support and select criticisms for the regional group’s temporary chair
By Mark S. Cogan • Jun 29, 2022
The U.S. president's recently announced Indo-Pacific economic framework signals American interest in the region but its nations could wait a long time to reap its benefits
The planned executions of imprisoned resistance figures is an attempt to quell public dissent, but instead may hasten the violent regime’s demise
By Oliver Slow • Jun 27, 2022
The nomination of Yohannes Abraham as the first U.S. ambassador to the association in five years signals a renewed agenda and interest in Southeast Asia.
By Jack Brook • Jun 13, 2022
The U.K. arms industry made a killing in the 1980s supplying the brutal regime of the Filipino strongman, declassified documents show
By Tom Sykes • May 26, 2022
As the progeny of Philippine strongmen presidents move into the country’s top two offices, independent media and online expression could be at risk
By Lisa Garcia and Kian Vesteinsson • May 23, 2022
In an excerpt from a forthcoming book, historian Ang Cheng Guan describes the pushback over the Singaporean prime minister’s remarks about Vietnam and Cambodia
By Ang Cheng Guan • May 16, 2022
With an initial count almost complete, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Junior had secured over 56 percent of the vote
By Andrew Beatty/AFP • May 10, 2022
Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt, Ferdinand Marcos Junior looks set to complete the family's remarkable comeback
By Andrew Beatty and Mikhail Flores/AFP • May 09, 2022
The $2.2 billion plant became a monument to the greed of the Marcos era, and was left dormant after the dictator was toppled in 1986
By Allison Jackson/AFP • May 05, 2022