A US production of The King and I is a reminder of lèse majesté laws in Thailand, and the renewed importance of artistic free expression amid Trump’s call for tightening of libel laws, Sally Tyler writes.

There are no ‘simple answers’ for managing the risks of Mekong hydropower development. The reality is much more complex, Paul Wyrwoll, Luke Taylor, Simon Tilleard and Colum Graham write.

Unless India overcomes the complex challenges hampering efforts to modernise its defence sector, the Indian Armed Forces will not acquire the materiel it needs to defend its interests, Keshav Kelkar writes.

Coming to an agreement on a legally-binding Code of Conduct for the South China Sea will be a challenging task, Wei-chin Lee writes.

Hyperbole from the US and North Korea is making a bad situation worse. Cool heads and clarity need to prevail to prevent a regional escalation, Stephen Nagy writes.

The Chinese government has ticked off investors for ‘irrational investments’ in football. But what does that mean? In the third of his series of reports from China, Simon Chadwick takes a look at how the world game is becoming a political football.