Sino-US tensions increase amid Poseidon spy plane deployment in Singapore.

New summary paper provides important insight on historic ballot.

What's to blame for poor Australia-Indonesia relations, asks Duncan Graham.

Land politics, clan rivalry and fear in a troubled region.

New space for big ideas will give Myanmar a chance to consolidate its fragile democratic system

Bridget Welsh surveys the rise of a worrying trend in the region.

New freedoms and old controls in China.

Human rights is being left out of the ASEAN narrative.

Francis Loh Kok Wah reflects on a mentor and a friend.

Scandals, succession, secret payments and more; here are our top articles for the year, and some festive dancing.

Twitter tantrums in Indonesia and graft-y golf in Malaysia; Mish Khan wraps up the week that was.

It is hard to think of a moment when Myanmar’s prospects ever looked this good.

Despite the saying, the dogs will always bite you, writes Chatwadee Rose Amornpat.

Latest lese majeste case a double warning, writes Christine Gray.

Ideology, rent seeking, and a lucrative mine contract.

Have hardline monks lost their political power in Myanmar?

The insidious creep of fascism in contemporary Thailand.

Rise of identity politics could mean more violence.

Thinking differently about environmental reform in Cambodia.

Aficionados and acolytes confirm a system built on avarice, writes Manjit Bhatia.

Tributes to Trump and lost Lexus cars in Cambodia: Mish Khan wraps up the week.

Nicholas Farrelly looks at Myanmar's military and its changing role.

Interview with Giuseppe Gabusi on the economic, political and policy challenges ahead.

Ariel Heryanto pays tribute to the late scholar and his ongoing legacy.