South East Asia
In South East Asia
The dark side of paradise
- By Sholto Byrnes
- 17 July 2008
A special New Statesman focus on South East Asia with Philip Bowring, Joe Cummings, Marina Mahathir, Elizabeth Pisani, Ziauddin Sardar, Ruth Padel, Sholto Byrnes and more. Edited by Rachel Aspden and Sholto Byrnes
A talking shop – or an EU of the east?
- By Philip Bowring
- 17 July 2008
Philip Bowring asks if the Association of South-East Asian Nations has a future
Beauty at a price
- By Joe Cummings
- 17 July 2008
Concrete hotels, go-go bars and drug tourism have scarred Thailand, Laos and Cambodia - yet it is not too late to develop a less destructive travel industry. Part of the New Stateman's special focus on South East Asia
To go or not to go?
- By Ruth Padel
- 17 July 2008
Should you visit Burma? Not if you want to discover the harsh realities of life under the generals
Women under fire
- By Marina Mahathir
- 17 July 2008
South-east Asia's women hold high office in business and politics, but they face challenges from growing conservatism.
Tolerance v terror
- By Ziauddin Sardar
- 17 July 2008
Even though extremism has taken root in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, their long tradition of moderate Islam offers hope.
