Tom Vater

I was recently commissioned by a Thai English language magazine to write a short satirical piece abut Democracy in SE Asia.  After much back and forth, the publication decided not to go ahead with the article, apparently due to the current political climate in Thailand. In the West – by which I generally mean the […]

June 15th, 2015 | Tags: Burma, Cambodia, creative industry, democracy, Democracy in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, human rights, Indonesia, Ismail Gareth Richards, Jame DiBiasio, Laos, liberal authoritarianism, Malaysia, military suppression, Myanmar, repression, soft power, Southeast Asia, suppression, Thailand, Tom Vater, Vietnam | Category: Burma, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam | Leave a comment