List of Southeast Asia articles
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Scott Morrison and Xi Jinping Australia Shows the World What Decoupling From China Looks Like
The bottom line: Beijing’s attempt to bully Canberra has been a spectacular failure.
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Philippine anti-China potesters Duterte’s Dalliance With China Is Over
The mercurial leader has realigned Manila with Washington as tensions rise in Asia.
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A view of the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka on Nov. 15, 2018. Australia’s ‘Super’ Pension Funds Can Power Global Democracy
Canberra should start flexing its financial muscle.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shakes hands with a nurse. Nurses Aren’t Like iPhones
Why Western countries can’t rely on imported labor in key professions.
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HMAS Farncomb Collins class submarine Why AUKUS Alarms ASEAN
The bloc is struggling to preserve unity—and can’t decide what to do about the new U.S.-China rivalry.
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Staff at the KL Fertility Centre demonstrate the egg freezing procedure for members of the media in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 11. A growing number of women in Singapore are traveling overseas to clinics such as this one to freeze their eggs. Why Does the Singaporean Government Care About Egg Freezing?
The city-state’s ban on the procedure is making its demographic problems worse.
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Young environmental activists hold protest signs up in front of comedians dressed as Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten and Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra, Australia, on May 5, 2019. The Australian Climate Change Paradox, Unpacked
Australia is uniquely vulnerable in a warming world. So why have successive governments refused to act?
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Members of the Papuan Students Alliance protest in support of the Papuan independence movement. Indonesia Can’t Quell West Papua’s Growing Independence Movement
Jokowi’s approach to the restive province is fundamentally flawed.
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Maria Ressa holds up the warrant of arrest order after posting bail at a court in Manila. A Nobel for Journalists Is a Direct Challenge to Authoritarians
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov’s award will make leaders like Duterte and Putin think twice before attacking reporters—but only if democratic governments bolster the free press.
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Indonesian police disperse protesters. Post-Pandemic Authoritarianism Looms in Indonesia
A crackdown on government critics accompanied coronavirus lockdowns. It hasn’t let up.
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Maria Ressa speaks onstage at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 25, 2020. Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize Is a Call to Action
The last time a working journalist was honored, it was a German editor as World War II loomed.
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Scott Morrison and Lloyd Austin attend a meeting. AUKUS Is a Short-Term Mess but a Long-Term Win for Australia
The controversial deal puts Canberra on the right side of history.
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A Taiwanese soldier waves a flag. Is Defending Taiwan Worth the Risk?
Chinese incursions and U.S. training of Taiwanese forces raise the specter of war. Is it a conflict the United States can handle?
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Australia's then-outgoing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at a press conference in Canberra on August 24, 2018. Turnbull: AUKUS Subs Deal Is an ‘Own Goal’
“If you double-cross people, there is a price to pay,” said former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about the controversial deal that jilted France.
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A mural depicts Indonesian President Joko Widodo with the network error message “404: Not found” covering his eyes. Has Joko Widodo’s Power Peaked in Indonesia?
The country’s future hinges on how Jokowi navigates his final years as president.
