Lex Rieffel

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, U.S., after a day trip to Lynchburg, Virginia, May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTX35ON0

Innocents abroad? Trump’s first foreign trip

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (L to R), Director-General of the International Labour Organization Guy Ryder, Managing Director of the IMF Christine Lagarde and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a news conference following a meeting of the heads of international economy and finance organisations at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - RTX34Z3Z

Liberating the World Bank (From the US)

The Globalist Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Rohingya Muslim children attend religious school at a refugee camp outside Sittwe, Myanmar May 21, 2015. Picture taken May 21, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - RTX1E0IX

Peace in Myanmar depends on settling centuries-old ethnic conflicts

Monday, March 20, 2017

Wearing a Peruvian shawl, U.S President Barack Obama poses for a family photo at the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSSIC5

Trump’s Asia summit dilemma: Irritant or opportunity?

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel (C) and Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook look on during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RTX2V25H

Trump’s cabinet, agency picks and the art of policymaking

Friday, December 16, 2016

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends a meeting event with Myanmar citizens residing in Japan in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato - RTX2RGD1

Burma’s leader can’t help Rohingya minority until she consolidates power

The Washington Post Monday, November 28, 2016

Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and vice presidents Henry Van Thio (2nd L) and Myint Swe attend the handover ceremony from outgoing President Thein Sein and new Myanmar President Htin Kyaw at the presidential palace in Naypyitaw March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ye Aung Thu/Pool - RTSCSB9

Lessons for Myanmar in Indonesian politics

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump gives two thumbs up as he arrives to speak during the final session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSJ4FT

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The question of Trump and U.S. foreign policy

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

A couple looks at their mobile phone after taking a self portrait

Myanmar’s fast-paced mobile phone rollout

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends the ASEAN Summit gala dinner in Vientiane, Laos September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX2OIZ0

War and peace in Myanmar

Friday, September 9, 2016