Politics

Politics • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 23, 2020 • 11 min read

Lee Kuan Yew The founding father

By Michael Barr • Mar 23, 2020
Five years ago on March 23, Singapore's former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away at the age of 91. Professor Michael Barr discusses the enduring legacy of the city-state's founding father

Politics • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 18, 2020 • 8 min read

Cambodian history The 50-year legacy

By Samantha McCabe and Andrew Haffner • Mar 18, 2020
50 years ago on March 18 1970, Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk was overthrown in what is widely regarded a bloodless coup by military general Lon Nol. The tragic events that befell Cambodia in the decade after would go on to shape the Kingdom for generations, with the effects still visible to this day

Politics • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 16, 2020 • 11 min read

ASEM summit 2020 Shining on the global stage

By Robert Hör • Mar 16, 2020
With Cambodia set to host the high-profile Europe-Asia cooperation summit ASEM 2020 come November, Robert Hör of think tank KAS explains why he believes the meet could be crucial in setting Cambodia back on track on the global stage

Politics • Mar 04, 2020 • 15 min read
Cambodian democracy

Courting opposition

Despite a boom in supposed opposition parties filling the void left by the CNRP, true democracy in Cambodia seems farther out of grasp than ever before
By Andrew Haffner

Politics • Mar 02, 2020 • 12 min read
Deep South conflict

At the negotiating table

This week, the Thai government and Malay Muslims are engaging in a peace dialogue that seems among the best hopes yet of resolving decades of violence in the country's Deep South. Observers are cautiously optimistic, but at the grassroots level, not everyone in the southern provinces agrees
By Lukas Messmer

Politics • Feb 17, 2020 • 11 min read
Thai democracy

Thanathorn: Future on trial

Thai opposition figure Thanathorn speaks exclusively to Southeast Asia Globe about the charges he and his Future Forward Party face, his plans should the party be dissolved, as well as upcoming protests in the kingdom
By Andrew Haffner

Politics • Feb 14, 2020 • 11 min read
Coronavirus

The virus and the vitriol

As coronavirus spreads and worsens across the globe, fear has come along with it, fuelling anti-Chinese sentiment. In Southeast Asia, this discrimination might have deeper economic and political underpinnings
By Samantha McCabe

Politics • Jan 14, 2020 • 12 min read
Kem Sokha trial

Trick or treason?

After more than two years facing charges of treason, Cambodia's embattled former opposition leader Kem Sokha is set to finally receive his day in court on Wednesday. Southeast Asia Globe spoke with his daughter Monovithya, as well as those who have worked closely with him over the years, to learn about the man behind the politics
By Andrew Haffner and Alastair McCready

Politics • Nov 26, 2019 • 13 min read
Indonesian politics

In the blood

Elected as the archipelago’s first non-dynastic leader, Joko Widodo could be about to launch a political line of his own
By Stania Puspa

Politics • Nov 12, 2019 • 9 min read
Jokowi’s second term

All things to all men

Indonesia’s new cabinet is not only a nod to oligarchy but could undermine prospects for much-needed economic reforms
By Alexander R. Arifianto

Politics • Nov 08, 2019 • 11 min read
Sam Rainsy’s return

The great disappointment

Sam Rainsy’s long-promised return to Cambodia on November 9 seems to have fallen at the first hurdle. For the exiled opposition leader, this humiliation could mark the end of his decades-long political career
By Paul Millar