Brandon Tensley is a freelance journalist and a 2015-16 Luce Scholar in Thailand. He holds an M.Phil. in politics from Oxford University. Follow him on Twitter at @brandontensley
In this photo taken on May 20, 2015 shows Rohingya migrants resting on a boat off the coast near Kuala Simpang Tiga in Indonesia's East Aceh district of Aceh province before being rescued. Indonesia's foreign minister demanded answers from Canberra about claims Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to turn a boat back to Indonesia after Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to deny the allegations. AFP PHOTO / JANUAR (Photo credit should read JANUAR/AFP/Getty Images)
Myanmar soldiers patrol in Laukkai, the main city in the Kokang region of northern Myanmar Shan state, on February 16, 2015. Growing fighting between Myanmar's Army and ethnic Kokang fighters in a region bordering China has killed dozens in the past week and sent tens of thousands fleeing across the frontier, reports said on February 16. AFP / STRINGER (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
National League for Democracy Chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi (C) meets with residents during her door-to-door visit for voter education campaign in Wartheinkha, outside Yangon on July 4, 2015. Myanmar's parliament on June 25 dealt a blow to Suu Kyi's hopes of amending a junta-era constitution that bars her from the presidency before landmark elections, voting down a bill to end the military's effective veto on charter change. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU (Photo credit should read Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)
