... for the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia HONG LIU The rise of China as the world s second-largest economy and an increasingly asser-tive player in the global diplomatic arena has prompted endless scholarly and media scru- tiny over the past decade. Most analyses focus on China as a nation-state and its shifting...

...Joshua Kurlantzick Governments in Southeast Asia have adopted policies that are fueling militancy by restricting freedoms and fostering authoritarianism. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Kurlantzick Islamic State...

... Catharin Dalpino Southeast Asia Myanmar Philippines Thailand authoritarianism democratization performance legitimacy Aung San Suu Kyi Thaksin Shinawatra 235 As Southeast Asian democracies mature, the pressure of performance legitimacy is gradually moving politics from personalities...

... war China Central Treaty Organization Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Al Qaeda 138 The sense of being used, abused, and discarded now constitutes a central theme in Pakistan s ties to America. . . . How a Botched US Alliance Fed Pakistan s Crisis STephen p. Cohen Pakistan...

... of the University of California Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra Thai Rak Thai Democrats Chuan Leekpai iTV National Counter Corruption Commission drugs Southeast Asia Nation 285 Ultimately, if reformist elements . . . do not restrain [Prime Minister Thaksin], Thailand could develop...

...Joshua Kurlantzick American officials have turned their attention toward Southeast Asian policymaking— something largely ignored since the end of the Vietnam War—and have declared Southeast Asia the ‘second front’ in the global campaign against terror. … [But] backing Southeast Asia's often brutal...

...Scott B. MacDonald; Jonathan Lemco Significant differences exist between the Islamic revivalist movements looking to cultural and spiritual renewal that have swept Southeast Asia in recent years and transnational terrorist networks. Straddling these two extremes are political parties and groups...