Old Threats, New Opportunities in Tsunami's Wake

Yale Global Online
As Indonesia rebuilds from the December disaster, new developments may shift the battle for security in Southeast Asia (March 23, 2005)

India Shows Its Might in Tsunami Crisis

Associated Press
India's ability to handle the widespread death and destruction largely on its own and still help poorer nations like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives is seen by many Indians as a welcome sign of their country's strength and status. (January 14, 2005)

Thaksin Turns Thai Crisis into Opportunity

International Herald Tribune
The effect of the tsunami catastrophe on conflicts in Indonesia and Sri Lanka remains uncertain, but there is no mistaking the immediate impact on Thai politics. (January 12, 2005)

Fragile State (Harvard only)

The Wall Street Journal
In Sri Lanka, aid to Tamils deepens political tensions; officials worry expats' efforts may spark rebels' resolve and test tenuous truce. (January 11, 2005)

India Pulls Together Amid Disaster

BusinessWeek Online
In its newly wealthy people's will to help tsunami-devastated areas, an increasingly confident and self-sufficient country is being born. (January 11, 2005)

China Steps Up to Role of Rising Regional Leader

Los Angeles Times
Beijing's $63-million pledge to tsunami-hit countries and dispatch of aid workers are helping earn goodwill among wary neighbors. (January 6, 2005)

Q&A: The Weight of Debt

BBC News
U.K. Chancellor Gordon Brown wants the world's richest nations to freeze foreign debt repayments for countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster. The move would allow countries such as Thailand, India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka to focus money on reconstruction. (January 5, 2005)

Powell Hopes Aid Will Help U.S. Image in Muslim World (HBS only)

FT.com
U.S. money and military assistance to countries where tens of thousands died in the tsunami may lessen anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world and help in the fight against terrorism, Secretary of State Colin Powell said. (January 4, 2005)

Indonesia Politics: Crisis-Management Test for Yudhoyono (HBS only)

Economist Intelligence Unit - ViewsWire
Indonesia was closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that unleashed deadly tsunamis on South and Southeast Asian coastlines on December 26th, and has therefore suffered the most physical damage and heaviest human casualties. Dealing swiftly and efficiently with the disaster will be an important test for Indonesia's new president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. (December 31, 2004)

Tsunami Offers Chances for Political Reconciliation (HBS only)

FT.com
Government efforts to provide aid to the tsunami-devastated areas of Sri Lanka and Indonesia's Aceh province could carry significant political implications for these regions, which have seen some of Asia's fiercest insurgencies, analysts say. (December 28, 2004)