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Southeast Asian snapshots

Tributes to Trump and lost Lexus cars in Cambodia: Mish Khan wraps up the week.

The Tatmadaw in a democracy

Nicholas Farrelly looks at Myanmar's military and its changing role.

Myanmar’s tentative renaissance

Interview with Giuseppe Gabusi on the economic, political and policy challenges ahead.

Ben Anderson: the one and only

Ariel Heryanto pays tribute to the late scholar and his ongoing legacy.

Australia’s diplomatic trade-off

Leadership and vision lacking on strategic Asia issues, writes Donna Baker.

The fog of one man’s thinking

Gregory Cathcart critiques Robert Taylor's views on ethnicity and voting in Myanmar.

Public lectures and protecting the King

Pavin Chachavalpongpun heckled by Thai ultra-royalists during Yale University talk.

Sex work and the state in Cambodia

A long history of gendered power relations leave sex workers dangerously vulnerable today.

Spectre of the past

Tortured Timor still bears wounds 40 years after Indonesia’s invasion.

Understanding Myanmar’s communal violence

Dismissing the views of others as 'crazy' isn't helpful, writes Tamas Wells.

Southeast Asian snapshots

From unholy insults to wacky witchcraft, Mish Khan brings you the best and worst from the region.

Waking up to Myanmar’s new normal

After their election win, the NLD grapples with competition and policy, writes Nicholas Farrelly.