Southeast Asia
The Migrant Money Machine
The developed world could make a big difference to the global economy simply by helping migrants to do what comes naturally: send money home.
BY PETER PASSELL | DECEMBER 4, 2012
Heroes of Retreat, Revisited
We love to celebrate heroic crusaders for human rights. But what about the dictator who decides to surrender his powers?
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
The Tale of the Kidnapped Princeling
How critical can the powerful be of the truly powerful in modern China?
BY JOHN GARNAUT | NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Continental Drift
Is Australia breaking with the United States over the pivot to Asia?
BY BATES GILL | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
The Dicey Democrat
How a pillar of the old regime in Burma is working to prove his democratic credentials.
BY WILLIAM LLOYD-GEORGE | NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Beware of Mirages
The Obama Administration is pursuing closer ties with the military in Burma -- a policy that could undermine efforts to build democracy.
BY ELLEN BORK | NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Can You Save Diplomacy From Itself?
Carne Ross's quixotic crusade to help emerging nations get their seat at the table.
BY CRISTINA ODONE | NOVEMBER 26, 2012
The FP Survey: The Wisdom of the Smart Crowd
FP's Global Thinkers weigh in on the year gone by and what's on the horizon for 2013.
DECEMBER 2012
The Lady and the General
Meet the political odd couple driving democratic reform in Burma.
BY KURT M. CAMPBELL | DECEMBER 2012
The New Breakout Nations
Forget the BRICs. Meet seven unheralded countries to watch.
BY RUCHIR SHARMA | DECEMBER 2012
Southeast Asia’s Economic Poster Child Is Stalling
How the Communist Party is fiddling while Vietnam burns.
BY BEN BLAND | NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Getting Rebalancing Right
Four key issues that will define President Obama's second-term pivot to Asia.
BY MICHELE A. FLOURNOY, ZIAD HAIDER | NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Dreams of Their Fathers
Cambodia's people want freedom. Can Obama deliver?
BY KAREN J. COATES | NOVEMBER 19, 2012
China's Soft Power Surge
The People's Republic is no longer content with economic hegemony -- it's making a play for the hearts and minds of Southeast Asia.
BY DUSTIN ROASA | NOVEMBER 18, 2012
Head Over Heels
Why Washington's love affair with Myanmar might be too much, too soon.
BY JOSHUA KURLANTZICK | NOVEMBER 16, 2012
You Can't Go Home Again
Soldiers aren’t the only veterans of war.
BY PHIL ZABRISKIE | NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Coming Apart at the Seams
Burma’s ruling party is under stress. Democrats should be careful what they wish for.
BY LARRY JAGAN | NOVEMBER 12, 2012
The Children Devour the Revolution
A rare inside look at what one of China's most influential generals really fears most.
BY JOHN GARNAUT | NOVEMBER 10, 2012
The Corruption Pandemic
Why corruption is set to become one of the defining political issues of the 21st century.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth
Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index.
BY PETER PASSELL | NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Littoral Combat Clip
The U.S. military needs to prepare for more operations along the world's coastlines.
BY LT. GEN. RICHARD MILLS | NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Was a North Korean General Really Executed by Mortar Fire?
Who knows? But it has the ring of truth.
BY MICHAEL MADDEN | OCTOBER 31, 2012
One Storm Away
10 major world cities that could end up underwater.
BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | OCTOBER 31, 2012
A Tale of Two Asias
In the battle for Asia's soul, which side will win -- security or economics?
BY EVAN A. FEIGENBAUM, ROBERT A. MANNING | OCTOBER 31, 2012
The Cyber Trade War
The showdown between China and the United States over telecommunications technology is about much more than just security.
BY ADAM SEGAL | OCTOBER 25, 2012
When Xi Smiles
Is China's leader-in-waiting the jolliest functionary in the People's Republic?
OCTOBER 19, 2012
The Death of a King
A nation says farewell to its controversial monarch.
BY ALICIA P.Q. WITTMEYER | OCTOBER 17, 2012
The Quiet Man of Chinese Letters
Should we condemn Mo Yan for failing to speak out?
BY ISAAC STONE FISH | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Pick
China's most famous dissident never wanted the honor.
BY YU JIE | OCTOBER 11, 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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