Joshua Kurlantzick is senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Return of the Strongmen
The rise of leaders like Rodrigo Duterte reveals that autocratic populism can thrive in a wide range of environments, posing a global threat to democratic government.
China’s Risky Play for Global Power
A colossal infrastructure investment program could make Beijing a lot of friends around the world—or a lot of enemies.
The Tragedy of Thailand
How a model of democratization became patient zero for the global rise of authoritarianism.
Monks With Machetes
Why Buddhist nationalists are leading the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
Genocide in Burma
The Rohingya may well be the most persecuted people on the planet, and nobody, including the United States, is lifting a finger to help.
