- A new and worrying Thailand-Myanmar axis is emerging between military leaders, says Pavin Chachavalpongpun.
- An NBR Asia Policy Roundtable takes a look at Asia in the race for the Arctic, including an interesting essay on Singapore's Arctic pursuits by Ian Storey.
- The Thai Junta's new legislature of 200 appointed members is dominated by the military, as explained by Bangkok Pundit. Saksith Saiyasombut took a look through an excellent infograph.
- Thailand and China will be linked with two high-speed rail lines by 2021 in a long anticipated US$23 billion deal signed by the Thai junta this week.
- Drug-resistant malaria is spreading through Southeast Asia, according to a new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Japan gifted Vietnam six maritime patrol vessels worth US$5million this week.
- An insightful paper by Gregory Poling of CSIS looked at recent trends in the South China Sea and US foreign policy and the options for policymakers.
- Thanakha, Myanmar's traditional face balm, is under threat from modern cosmetics.
- Indonesia debates the merits of stripping ISIS supporters of citizenship after another online recruitment video surfaced.
- Here's one of five fascinating short films of an interfaith project in Myanmar. 'Portraits of Diversity' aims to show different aspects of religion and society in the country. Here's a look at the daily life of a Mandalay monk, Venerable Tayzar Dipati:
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