Southeast Asia

With demographics changing the electorate, both ruling and opposition parties need to get specific.

Disputes over land tenure threaten social harmony in a number of ASEAN countries.

Muslims face violence in Burma and Sri Lanka. Charu Lata Hogg asks why.

Despite new legislation, progress on rights for Singapore’s foreign domestic workers remains slow.

Hun Sen is returned to power with a much slimmer majority. Will protests ensue?

Can a Malaysia-facilitated initiative finally bring an end to conflict in Southern Thailand?

A strategic partnership with Vietnam would both advance US interests and produce better results on human rights.

At least when measured by the time senior U.S. officials are spending in Asia, the pivot is real.

Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi have driven Myanmar’s reform process. They now need to tackle its ethnic challenges.

In this photo essay, The Diplomat offers a close-up look at the anti-Muslim 969 movement on the rise in Myanmar today.

Europe’s Pöyry Energy and its controversial role as Xayaburi dam consultant have been challenged under new OECD CSR rules.

Local governments are struggling to tackle human trafficking inside archipelagic Indonesia.