Tag: Southeast Asia
4 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Short Pauses, Long Shadows: War-Legacy Aid and Vietnam’s Trust in U.S. Commitments
In mid-February 2025, as tarps blew off piles of dioxin-soaked soil at Bien Hoa airbase and demining teams across central Vietnam were sent home without pay, diplomats cabled…
May 26, 2026
- Society & Culture
Tackling the Disinformation Ecosystem: System-Based Insights from Southeast Asia
IntroductionInfluence operations (IOs) are large-scale, covert efforts by state and non-state actors to shape public opinion. These actors strategically deploy not only…
March 20, 2026
- Conflict & Security
Myanmar’s Rakhine State at a Crossroads: Regional Power Struggles and Bangladesh’s Rohingya Dilemma
Bangladesh-Myanmar Border in Flux The February 2021 military coup in Myanmar and the subsequent full-scale civil war between the military junta and various ethnic armed groups…
May 20, 2025
- Society & Culture
Multicultural Policies in Malaysia: Challenges, Successes, and the Future
Introduction Malaysia is a multi-ethnic society of 32.4 million people, comprised of 69.4 percent Bumiputera (ethnic Malay and other indigenous groups, notably from Sabah and…
June 1, 2024