Don’t hold your breath for a dramatic Southeast Asian pushback against China
As US-China tensions grow and temperatures rise in the South China Sea, Southeast Asia will only become more tense, anxious and constrained.
The Myanmar Mirage: How the West got Burma wrong
Just few years ago, Myanmar (also called Burma) was widely seen as an international success story.
Turning east
By most accounts, the past few years have been anni horribiles for human rights and democracy in Southeast Asia.
The new ‘explorers’
In June 1866, six Frenchmen departed from Ho Chi Minh City on a dangerous mission up the mighty Mekong River.
