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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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November 30, 2011
Myanmar
Conditional Normalization with Myanmar
Over the past year, Myanmar, ruled for five decades by the military, has undergone its most dramatic reforms in decades. A new civilian government has begun opening the economy, freeing political pri…
November 14, 2018
Vietnam
Making U.S.-Vietnam Ties a Model for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
By adopting tougher regional strategic and economic measures with Vietnam, the Donald J. Trump administration could further convince Southeast Asian states to embrace the Free and Open Indo-Pacific c…
November 24, 2020
Democracy
Addressing the Effect of COVID-19 on Democracy in South and Southeast Asia
To prevent further democratic regression in South and Southeast Asia during the coronavirus pandemic, countries should continue holding free elections and counter illiberal leaders’ use of disinformation.
March 31, 2021
Democracy
COVID-19 and Its Effect on Inequality and Democracy
Beyond devastating public health, COVID-19 has worsened socioeconomic inequality, possibly for years to come, and exacerbated democratic regression in the United States, Brazil, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
February 2, 2022
Democracy
The Revival of Military Rule in South and Southeast Asia
The rise in coups and other types of military intervention in South and Southeast Asia will set back democracy by years and has been met by a weak and ineffective response from major global and regional powers.
