Peace matters
Christopher Goscha
How war could have been avoided in Vietnam
Category: Issue 7
Frontier flux
David Eimer
How Aung San Suu Syi has failed to deliver peace to the borderlands of Myanmar.
The humaniser
Tillman Miller
In the wake of Donald Trump, writing about refugees has become a political act.
Khmer ways
Jack Weatherford
Who wrote the only surviving written account of the Khmer Empire?
Monumental
Aedeen Cremin
The brilliant career of archaeologist Pascal Royere
Narrative change
Michael Freeman
Can fiction help us come to terms with the pending problems of climate change?
MaBaTha
Matthew J Walton, Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi and Aye Thein
A detailed examination of the Buddhist nationalist group that is causing havoc in Myanmar.
Winter 1954
Tran Dan
Tran Dan’s classic war novel, Crossroads and Lampposts, in English for the first time.
Now we’re 50
Ooi Kee Beng
Is ASEAN a miracle? Or just a 50-year-old talkshop?
Intoxicated
Ross West
France extended its power in Vietnam by taking over the production of alcohol.
State rebels
Liam C Kelley
The Chinese outlaws recruited by the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty to fight against the French.
Poetry
Soe Nay Lynn, Amy Doffegnies
“Soe Nay Lynn”, “Vignette” “Pay Pay* at Phoe Htoo Teashop” & “The sky and its two stars”
Milieu
David Payne
Nineteen young Vietnamese writers are showcased in a new collection of short stories.
On the street
Neil Moody
What is more important in street food – the food or the street?
Dressing up stories
Max Crosbie-Jones
A profile of Thai artist Jakkai Siributr
Pinball wizardy
Rupert Winchester
The multigenerational family saga comes of age in Asia
Poetry
Ko Ko Thett, Maw Shein Win, Steve Gilmartin
“after the lie of art” & “i hate programming without free will”
Uncle Ho’s retreat
Michael Tatarski
Where Ho Chi Minh founded the Communist movement.
Death in Yangon
Sean Gleeson
A slow Sunday afternoon in Yangon is shattered by the sound of gunshots.