Geopoliitics

Absolute power

Geopolitical tensions over Laos are on the rise, particularly given its unflinching approach to the construction of dams on the Mekong River
By David Hutt • Jun 04, 2015

“The canonisation of Lee Kuan Yew should be condemned”

London-based human rights lawyer Tan Wah Piow gives his thoughts on the state of Singapore following the passing of Lee Kuan Yew. Piow is a former student leader in the city-state who went into exile in 1976 following his imprisonment on a rioting charge that he says was “trumped up”. His Singaporean citizenship was revoked in 1987, but he continues to write and speak at public forums on issues of democratic reform in Singapore
By Tan Wah Piow • Jun 04, 2015

Singapore

The son of the father

Understanding the legacy of Singapore's first prime minister and founding father Lee Kuan Yew
By Michael D. Barr • Jun 04, 2015

Noam Chomsky: The thinking man’s trouble maker

Derided by Washington powerbrokers and ignored by swathes of the mainstream media, Noam Chomsky is, nonetheless, said to be the eighth most frequently cited academic source of all time – coming in just below Plato and Freud. Southeast Asia Globe spoke with the world’s most famed public intellectual and political firebrand about the growing threat of conflict between the US and China and the roles of both superpowers in the region
By David Hutt • Jun 02, 2015

He's a monster

Actor Chris Pratt, known variously as Monkeyboy to his friends, Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy and now dino expert Owen Grady in Jurassic World, has come a long way in a short time. Here he talks about breaking the mould, sticking to the masterplan and his love of cockroaches
By Elizabeth Hergest-Kemp • Jun 01, 2015

The shadow of a giant

How a quiet American helped build the most powerful conglomerate in the Philippines
By Miguel Miranda • Apr 28, 2015

Myanmar's orchids

Petal attraction

“Nothing in science can account for the way people feel about orchids… They are the sexiest flowers on earth,” said Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief. Perhaps that is why a few intrepid souls are drawn to a remote area of Myanmar in search of some of Southeast Asia’s rarest blooms
By Brent Lewin • Apr 27, 2015

“I look back with no regrets at our world of fires and love”

The final part of a Southeast Asia Globe series that shines a light on the region’s finest poetry
By Nathan A. Thompson • Apr 24, 2015