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South East Asia
The dark side of paradise
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?
Philip Bowring asks if the Association of South-East Asian Nations has a future
Beauty at a price
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?
Should you visit Burma? Not if you want to discover the harsh realities of life under the generals
Women under fire
South-east Asia's women hold high office in business and politics, but they face challenges from growing conservatism.
Tolerance v terror
Even though extremism has taken root in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, their long tradition of moderate Islam offers hope.
Fidel Castro
The last revolutionary
Steve Richards
On Tory policy
Science
Religion and Darwin
James Macintyre
Miliband's dilemma
Will Self
On Oscar Wilde
Film review
Bright Star
Books
Paul Auster
Interview
Alain de Botton
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