Politics

• Mongolia: Yes we Khan — June 2009, Monocle
  
• Laos: On track — May 2009, Monocle
  
• Thailand: No. 1 Lady Detective — April 2009, Monocle
  
• The Politics of China's Rural Poor — 12 Nov 2008, Asia Sentinel
  
• Malaysia: Blog Busters — Nov 2008, Monocle
  
• China Seeks to Feed Itself — 27 Oct 2008, Asia Sentinel
  
• Thai politics: Cooking up trouble — Sept 2008, ReviewAsia
  
• Sovereignty edges back to the Thai people — 02 June 2008, South China Morning Post
  
• China: Pushing the boundaries — June 2008, Monocle
  
• Laos: New China town — June 2008, Monocle
  
• Burma and China: Flirting with disaster — June 2008, ReviewAsia
  
• Mekong: Dams it is! — June 2008, The World Today
  
• The Earthquake in Sichuan: The Limits of Autocracy — 26 May 2008, OpinionAsia
  
• Burma praying in the rain — 15 May 2008, New Statesman
  
• Rice shock: The grain drain — May 2008, ReviewAsia
  
• China on Tibet: Han overlordship and territorial integrity — 27 April 2008, OpinionAsia
  
• Battle to reclaim Thai constitution — 16 April 2008, South China Morning Post
  
• Thailand: The Godfather - Samak Sundaravej — April 2008, ReviewAsia
  
• Thaksin Shinawatra - Mai pen rai? — April 2008, ReviewAsia
  
• Thailand's Energy Security Complex — 26 Feb 2008, OpinionAsia
  
• Uncertain future for new Thai government — 31 Jan 2008, South China Morning Post
  
• Rising peacekeeper role burnishes China's image — 25 Jan 2008, South China Morning Post
  
• A Tool of Statecraft: China's Smarter Army — 21 Jan 2008, OpinionAsia
  
• Democracy remains Pakistan's only hope — 15 Jan 2008, South China Morning Post
  
• Stalemate of violence in Thai borderlands — 04 Jan 2008, South China Morning Post
  
• Thailand: People power — 28 Dec 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• A return to a more democratic Thailand? — 21 Dec 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Condemned by National Interests: Damming the Mekong River — 17 Dec 2007, OpinionAsia
  
• Thailand's political parties found wanting — 05 Dec 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Trade winds are blowing against Asean — 27 Nov 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Surin Pitsuwan — 25 Nov 2007, Monocle
  
• Asean: Mutual benefits? — 16 Nov 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Time to welcome the Austere Islamic Republic of Pashtunistan? — 14 Nov 2007, OpinionAsia
  
• The blight on Burma — Nov 2007, ReviewAsia
  
• Thailand: For Surayud, more dark days ahead — 12 Oct 2007, Today
  
• FT letter: A China with little left in the 'piggy bank' looks south for food — 01 Oct 2007, Financial Times
  
• Disdainful Thais ponder 'lost year' — 19 Sept 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Thailand: Was coup worth it? — 19 Sept 2007, Today
  
• Thai junta braces for a rough ride — 03 Sept 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Thaksin Likely to keep on scoring — 23 Aug 2007, Today
  
• Deciphering the Great Game: Towards a Sino-Russian Chessboard? — 15 Aug 2007, OpinionAsia
  
• Charter fight - Southeast Asia — Aug 2007, Monocle
  
• Thai junta stacks its referendum cards — 31 July 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Thailand: Final whistle on Thaksin's return? — 06 July 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• ASEAN and Myanmar's Nuclear Reactor — 07 June 2007, OpinionAsia
  
• Ruling leaves Thai democracy reeling — 07 June 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Thailand: Bloodied Borderlands — June 2007, ReviewAsia
  
• Thailand: A land of widows — June 2007, ReviewAsia
  
• Thailand: A war on civil society — June 2007, ReviewAsia
  
• Thailand: Localizing a global war — June 2007, ReviewAsia
  
• Malaysia/Singapore: On the rails — June 2007, Monocle
  
• Thailand: Tangled in a web of manipulation — 26 May 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Singapore: 'It's fear that will unite us' — April 2007, Monocle
  
• Thailand: Ignoble intentions — April 2007, ReviewAsia
  
• Stumbles and missteps in Thailand — 10 March 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• China's strategic Southeast Asian embrace — 21 Feb 2007, Asia Times
  
• China's hedging strategy in Southeast Asia — 19 Feb 2007, OpinionAsia
  
• Thailand: When purge comes to shove — 16 Feb 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Thailand: Banking on it — 15 Feb 2007, Monocle
  
• Can Asean's tame tigers take on China? — 20 Jan 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• Rumors of a split in China's elite — 17 Jan 2007, Asia Times
  
• The year of living dangerously — 09 Jan 2007, South China Morning Post
  
• India's flawed Myanmar policy — 03 Jan 2007, OpinionAsia
  
• Burma: Arms race in a zone of peace — 26 Dec 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• The danger on China's doorstep — 11 Dec 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• Myanmar's HIV/AIDS security threat — 02 Dec 2006, Asia Times
  
• Beijing extends its influence — 28 Nov 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• Thailand: Southern Exposure — 24 Nov 2006, Asia Sentinel
  
• Asia searches for security in trade — 16 Nov 2006, Asia Times
  
• Southern Thailand’s Prospects for Peace—Last Chance? — 16 Nov 2006, The Irrawaddy
  
• Thailand's chance for peace — 14 Nov 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• China: When will the Party end? — 13 Nov 2006, Asia Sentinel
  
• China paves way to Myanmar riches — 01 Nov 2006, Asia Times
  
• ASEAN: Poodle to the dandy dragon — 31 Oct 2006, Asia Times
  
• Democracy with Chinese characteristics — 28 Oct 2006, Asia Times
  
• Beijing pulls Laos into its orbit — 25 Oct 2006, Asia Times
  
• Doubts Surface About Thailand’s New Constitution — 10 Oct 2006, The Irrawaddy
  
• Thailand: Once more into the breach — 09 Oct 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• China's growing influence in Cambodia — 06 Oct 2006, Asia Times
  
• China and the Pilot Fish to the South — 02 Oct 2006, Asia Sentinel
  
• Dragon herds the paper tigers — Sept 2006, China Economic Review
  
• The Red Chamber (of commerce) — 27 July 2006, Asia Times
  
• New Statesman letter: East looks West — 13 July 2006, New Statesman
  
• The return of China's censors — 11 July 2006, Asia Times
  
• Keeping the Pacific peace — 08 July 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• China treated to a sight of US might — 28 June 2006, Asia Times
  
• Factional violence erupts in East Timor — 02 June 2006, Foreign Report
  
• East Timor: Drifting towards the brink — 01 June 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• The US–India Nuclear Deal — April 2006, RUSI Newsbrief
  
• Thailand: Perils of a young democracy — 02 March 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• Why Thaksin will still win on April 2 — 27 Feb 2006, Straits Times
  
• An opposition problem in Thailand — 16 Feb 2006, Asia Times
  
• Thaksin's welcome wears thin — 04 Feb 2006, South China Morning Post
  
• Gas deal fuels China's plans for Myanmar — 02 Feb 2006, Straits Times
  
• China bites into Southeast Asia — 02 Feb 2006, Foreign Report
  
• Resource-Hungry China to Devour More of Burma’s Gas and Oil Industry — 01 Feb 2006, Irrawaddy
  
• Burma Sells Gas to China — Feb 2006, RUSI Newsbrief
  
• Rural unrest: Beijing needs to get a grip — 20 Dec 2005, Straits Times
  
• Thailand: Marines murder casts doubt on military tactics — 29 Sept 2005, Orient Report
  
• Forcing China’s Hand — 28 Sept 2005, The Irrawaddy
  
• Irrawaddy letter: Burma Engagement Policy Crippled From the Start — 02 Sept 2005, The Irrawaddy
  
• Letter: Vietnam's wirelessly chattering classes are on the way — 18 Aug 2005, Financial Times
  
• Thailand: Cracks in Thaksin's monolith — 04 July 2005, Orient Report
  
• China: Deepening justice deficit opens door to chaos — 04 July 2005, Orient Report
  
• China: Passing grade for trying — June 2005, China Economic Review
  
• FT Letter: EU will be the loser if UK votes No — 13 April 2005, Financial Times
  
• Thailand hits and misses, again — 23 Feb 2005, Asia Times
  
• Thaksin readies for victory - absolutely — 05 Feb 2005, Asia Times
  
• Tsunami strikes, Beijing moves — Feb 2005, China Economic Review
  
• Thai media add fuel to southern fire — 23 Dec 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thailand's troubled south: Economic aftershock — 18 Dec 2004, The Standard
  
• Thailand's southern blame game — 18 Dec 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thailand: Behind the Muslim 'insurgency' — 17 Dec 2004, International Herald Tribune
  
• Thailand's southern enigma is election wild card — 10 Nov 2004, Asia Times
  
• So long US, hello China, India — 03 Nov 2004, Asia Times
  
• Religious divide grows amid Thai unrest — 02 Nov 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thais fear more mayhem — 02 Nov 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thailand: Protesters' deaths raise fears of attack — 28 Oct 2004, Asia Times
  
• Letter: Sudden democracy could spell disaster — 04 Oct 2004, Financial Times
  
• Thailand: Thaksin loses the city, keeps the country — 10 Sept 2004, Asia Times
  
• China-SE Asia: Shades of tribute diplomacy — 31 Aug 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thai party politics hold hope for the future — 02 Aug 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thailand's free trade tactics under fire — 07 July 2004, Asia Times
  
• Activist's death opens door to impunity — 26 June 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thailand's tinderbox: Foreign links feared — 04 May 2004, Asia Times
  
• Don't be too hasty to draw JI link in southern Thailand — 03 May 2004, Straits Times
  
• Thailand: Tapping the Mr Bigs of jihadi terrorism — 01 May 2004, Asia Times
  
• Thailand in China's embrace — 09 April 2004, Asia Times
  
• Round two in Thailand's war on evil — 24 March 2004, Asia Times
  
• Dollars Over Dissidence — 24 Dec 2003, Irrawaddy
  
• Extradition flap puts Thailand in spotlight — 16 Dec 2003, Asia Times
  
• Thai war on drugs: Hollow victory — 07 Dec 2003, Asia Times
  
• Thaksin's rise to power: Just business? — 08 Nov 2003, The Straits Times
  
• Beyond the Generals — 06 Nov 2003, Irrawaddy
  
• Laos - the long, troubled decade — 02 Sept 2003, South China Morning Post
  
• Welcome to the Philippines - US military involvement raises the counter-insurgency stakes — April 2002, Asian Military Review
  
• Cambodia: Rural lifeblood drains away — 21 May 2001, South China Morning Post
  
• Sri Lanka's Ceaseless Struggle — Oct 2000, East