Southeast Asia and Pacific
Overlapping interests

Rivals at sea

Many governments are keen on using the South China Sea

Challenged diplomacy

Disputed rocks

Why a few rocks in the South China Sea matter a lot

Timor Leste

Post-traumatic stress

Timor Leste’s independence from Indonesia caused lasting pain

Southeast Asia

Need for prudent policy

Asian Development Bank sees potential and need for action in Myanmar

Forests

Banana, coffee, rubber trees

Agroforestry makes sense for marginalised people in the Philippines uplands

Livelihood

Selling spring rolls to Filipino students

Nowadays: Alan C. Robles portrays an itinerant food vendor at the University of the Philippines

Higher learning

Top tier schools and diploma mills

Expensive, but not always worth much: higher education in the Philippines

Social studies

Fuzzy reality

Social science research is challenging, but important in Vietnam

Mobility

Commuters suffer

Metro Manila is stuck in a jam

Internet and democracy

Asian media landscapes

In Asian countries, the ways press and internet serve democratic purposes differ greatly

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