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June 14, 2013

Human Rights
Myanmar’s Religious and Ethnic Tensions Begin to Spread Across the Region

For decades, during the rule of the military junta, Myanmar’s numerous internal problems spilled over its borders, sewing chaos along the frontiers with India,Thailand,China, and Bangladesh. Myanmar’…

A Muslim woman cries in a monastery used to shelter internally displaced people after a riot between Muslims and Buddhists in Lashio township on May 30, 2013.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

October 27, 2010

Thailand
Cozying up to Burma

The decline of democracy in some of Southeast Asia’s most important states does not only affect the citizens of those countries. The decline has a kind of knock-on effect, in which it also undermin…

Thailand’s PM Abhisit shakes hand with Myanmar’s PM Thein during the 15th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Hua Hin
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

July 22, 2010

Trade
America is Being Left Behind in Asia ... East Asia Summit Edition

Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Na Son-Nguyen/Pool So the U.S. is going to join the East Asia Summit (EAS) … and you can hear the cheers all the way to Hanoi. But why exactly are they cheering? Here are…

America is Being Left Behind in Asia ... East Asia Summit Edition
Blog Post by Evan A. Feigenbaum Asia Unbound

September 23, 2010

Philippines
A Conversation with Benigno S. Aquino III

DAVID BRADLEY: Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations, I want to welcome President Benigno Aquino III. He's the 15th president of th…

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Event by Benigno Aquino III and David G. Bradley

September 23, 2010

Philippines
A Conversation with Benigno S. Aquino III

Filipino president Benigno S. Aquino III discusses the steps to eliminate political corruption in the Philippines taken by his government, as well as its rapidly growing economy.

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