List of Southeast Asia articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The United States of Myanmar?
A federal system of government may be Myanmar's best step forward towards national unity and a more robust democratic process.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Amos Yee, Singapore’s Teen Dissident, Is Back With a Crude, Hilarious Video
Fresh out of prison, the 16-year-old is back with another attack on his country's rulers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Act of Empathy
Joshua Oppenheimer’s unsettling new film, "The Look of Silence," raises questions about the troubling relationship between global capitalism and western complicity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Defending Religion From Itself
The biggest threat to religious freedom is religious extremism. The world must recognize this — and act.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vladimir Putin’s Good-Cop, Bad-Cop Act
Russia's leader wins President Obama's praise for his role in the Iran nuclear deal. But ongoing disputes from Syria to Ukraine raise doubts about the prospects for truly friendly relations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burma’s Moment of Truth
Burma’s halting progress toward democracy has stalled. It’s time for the United States to get off the fence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Gecko’s Bite
Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission has made great strides in combating graft. But now it risks becoming a victim of its own success.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Cuba Needs to Follow the Singapore Model
Fifty years ago Lee Kuan Yew turned a tiny rock in the sea into one of Asia’s strongest economies. Castro could do the same in the Caribbean.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burma’s Political Establishment Is at War With Itself
Burma's ruling USDP party was originally created to enshrine military rule -- but now it's starting to crash with the generals.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, disillusioned youth and the heavy baggage of war
Sergeant Bergdahl’s buddies have room to criticize. They worked their asses off to find him. The rest of us ought to think more broadly.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A clear warning from the Australian Army about ‘Fuzzy Writing and Fatalities’
That’s the title of an article in the Australian Army Journal that a reader kindly mentioned to me after our recent discussion of the disastrous U.S. Army paper on optimizing human performance.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Myanmar, Interrupted
This fall, Myanmar will hold its first open general election in 25 years. Unfortunately, it still might be business as usual, even after the results.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Myanmar Sets a Date for Its Historic, if Flawed, Election
It won’t be the truly open democratic process some had hoped for, but the election once hailed as Myanmar’s potential return to full-fledged democracy now has an exact date: Nov. 8.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Dark Side of Burma’s Economic Boom
Yes, Burma's economy is growing — off the backs of the country's impoverished workers.
