Wednesday 21 November
Greetings: they can be difficult things to get right. I can’t have been the only person to view the front-page photos of Barack Obama’s recent meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma with a mix of fascination and fully…
Construction work continues in Burma’s new model capital, inaugurated in 2005. Its sparkling buildings are designed to consolidate the generals’ power – but with small steps towards democracy, could Aung San Suu Kyi one day…
Discussion of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech 20 years late, and Robert Bound reflects on how best to promote Britain.
We discuss Aung San Suu Kyi’s by-election win, look at Russia’s poor air safety record, and join Aisha Speirs for breakfast in America.
Analysis of Mitt Romney’s Republican candidacy success, we discuss Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to India, and learn about a foie gras ban in California.
Are sanctions the answer for Syria? We check in with our man in Phnom Penh, and learn what Burma’s president really thinks of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Updates of the general election in Greece, discuss Aung San Suu Kyi’s historic trip to Europe, and get the biggest tech stories from David Phelan.
We discuss Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrival in Europe, look into Colonel Gaddafi’s photo archive, and speak to Ben Rawlence, author of Radio Congo.
Tyler Brûlé and Indira Naidoo discuss Hillary Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi’s meeting in Burma, we also learn the psychology behind brand loyalty schemes.
A look at the Burmese opposition’s visit to China without leader Aung San Suu Kyi, we also hear how all Eurasian languages may have descended from just one, and check in with our editor-in-chief Tyler Brule in Istanbul.
Saturday 5 February
The 2011 edition of Dictatorship For Dummies will tell two cautionary tales of how, and how not, to cling to power.
Friday 27 January
When Burma’s new parliament first opened just one year ago, it was roundly dismissed as a front which the country’s authoritarian rulers would use to rubber-stamp their decisions.
Where will things kick off in 2010? Will anyone manage to make a new country in the new year? Or oust a tyrant? Or even manage to join the EU?
The notion of exile often evokes a more romantic era but for many leaders, a life banished from their homeland still beckons (fancy hosting a despised Tunisian president anyone?).
Huge changes have recently taken place in Burma. A glittering new capital now rises from the plains, elections have been held and the military junta formally dissolved. At least, that’s what the army generals would like the…
Monday 22 March
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s former deputy prime minister and now leader of the main opposition party, is about to arrive on stage but on the wall is a poster for an entirely unrelated event: “Mandela’s Way – Lessons on Life…
The world goes cyber-war, Brazil prepares a new range of submarines and we met Washington's man in Yangon.
Badly equipped and under-trained, India's police force needs more than just investment. We also report on the Burmese elections, Vietnam's unlikely new friend, and a former Chinese politician speaking out against the gov…
Protecting Yangon's architecture, tackling illegal mining in Goa, and understanding seismic activity in Taiwan.
Burmese insurgent armies, Iraq reinforcements and extremism in the Philippines.
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