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Fledgling democracy and human rights movements challenge autocrats throughout Asia. What role will the US play in the region in a post-Trump world?
List of contents
Table of Contents
A Note on the Title
Why Southeast Asia?
Making the Connections
Healthcare Reform: Doctor, My Eyes
Labor: A Good Day's Work
Criminal Justice: Lock Them All Up
Fashion Activism: A Fashionable Entry to Policy?
Tax Policy: The Taxman Cometh (And this time, he's serious)
Space Exploration: America First in the Final Frontier
US Census: Busting the Model Minority Myth
Refugees: On Second Thought, You Can Keep Your Huddled Masses
Religion: Blurring the Lines Between Church and State
Speech & Arts: "Shall We Dance" with Censorship or Free Expression?
Opioid Epidemic: Exporting Addiction
The Art of Pushing Pills
Environment: Where There's Smoke, There's Coal
Sexual Harassment: The World As a Hostile Workplace
Affirmative Action: Diversity or Discrimination May Be in the Eye of the Beholder
Forced Repatriation: Strangers in a Strange Land
Coronavirus Pandemic: Strongman Politics in a Crisis
'Stay Safe' is an Empty Platitude in a World Riddled by Inequality
Literary Criticism: Reading Trump
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Ballot and Beyond
Day of Epiphany
About the author
Sally Tyler is an attorney and policy practitioner in Washington, DC, where she has worked in the U.S. labor movement for more than two decades. She is a frequent commenter on events in Southeast Asia.
Summary
Fledgling democracy and human rights movements challenge autocrats throughout Asia. What role will the US play in the region in a post-Trump world?
