This Security Council Report update details the continuing clash between the Thai and Cambodian militaries.

Existing U.S. sanctions on Burma are based on various U.S. laws and Presidential Executive Orders. This report provides a brief history of U.S. policy towards Burma and the development of U.S. sanctions, a topical summary of those sanctions, and an examination of additional sanctions that have been considered, but not enacted, by Congress, or that could be imposed under existing law or executive orders. The report concludes with a discussion of options for Congress.

Ahead of the approaching Myanmar elections, this International Crisis Group briefing updates recent developments in Myanmar, examines the critical impact of ethnic conflict, and concludes that renewed fighting in areas where ceasefires currently hold should be of concern but remains on balance unlikely.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Kelley Currie of Project 2049 Institute says that Delhi should be more clever about using its own values and role as a regional leader to press for political reform in Burma.

The government's censorship of the word "Allah" has only compounded Malaysia's troubles.

Maznah Mohamad expresses concern over the increased radicalization of Malaysia's ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO).

Andrew Shearer argues that Australia and Australia's partners in Asia must collectively resist Chinese "bullying" as they each draw closer to Beijing.

As the Obama administration contemplates what to do with the detainees who remain in Guantanamo, Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) in Singapore--which tries to rehabilitate terrorist detainees--could provide a model.

A report coauthored by the Emergency Assistance Team (Burma) and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, detailing the Burmese government's reluctance to provide aid relief to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in May 2008.

The ongoing global economic and financial crisis and its effects on South Asia according to the ADB.

This stable democracy with a hot market economy resembles another Asian giant in the 1990s.

Thailand's government is currently struggling with political turmoil and the southern insurgency.

The Burmese government failed to adequately respond to a cyclone that struck the country last week, while the world chose to respond and point out the problems within the country.

This report examines a publishing consortium developed by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), Indonesia’s most prominent extremist organisation.

This report is a submission of the Australian Government to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to demonstrate its capacity to account for its emissions and assigned amount for the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol.

According to Newsweek's George Wehrfritz, as Southeast Asia's prototypical strongman nears death, Indonesia sets the tone for an uncertain era.

A CRS Report for Congress explores the challenges and opportunities that the United States faces when pursuing bilateral and multilateral ties with Japan, Australia, and India.

This article from the Power and Interest News Report discusses India's foreign policy objectives in East and South East Asia.