Myanmar Interview for BBC World News
Interview with BBC World News on 1 March 2014 about the Myanmar authorities closing down the operations of Medecins Sans Frontieres in the country. I cover the background to the decision and the apparent determination of the Myanmar government to suppress news about crimes against the Rohingya minority. The situation has become even worse since. […]
Vietnam: where saying ‘I love you’ is impossible
A lighter piece for the BBC’s VietnamDirect season. Some oddities from Vietnamese history and culture.
China’s non-existent southernmost territory
The story of how a translation error some 80 years ago led to a modern territorial dispute. In a fit of nationalist enthusiasm, a Chinese committee working from a British map laid claim to a piece of seabed off Borneo… Link to the original article here.
Various reports for BBC World News
A small collection of stories I have reported on for BBC World News that have been archived on the BBC News Online website.
Talk at the East West Center, Washington DC
The video of a talk I gave at the East West Center in Washington DC in October 2010. The main focus was how the interests of the Vietnamese government and the interests of its citizens affect the country’s foreign policy and its relations with other regional powers, such as China and the United States. Watch […]
BBC interview on Vietnam
An interview with BBC World News about the nuclear agreement between the US and Vietnam, which moved onto other topics too. Click to see the interview on YouTube.
Inside the Bilderberg Group (BBC)
A radio documentary for the BBC World Service ‘Who runs your world?’ season of programmes, originally broadcast in September 2005. What is the Bilderberg Group: a private group of well-meaning individuals or a sinister global conspiracy? This was the first programme to interview key members of the Bilderberg Group and their critics to try and […]
NATO: today Kosovo, tomorrow the world (New Statesman)
The debate about NATO’s strategic concept in 1999. At the time, the whole question of whether NATO should or could operate ‘out of area’ was novel and controversial. This article for the New Statesman was among the first to discuss the subject.
