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Identity and patronage are playing a part in stabilising a “two-track” party system
PHILIPPINES
Forgetting the Battle of Manila
Why does one of the Philippines’ most traumatic wartime experiences loom small in commemorations of WW2?
INDONESIA
INDONESIA ARCHIVES
Explaining the Prabowo landslide
Prabowo’s win was made possible by his enduring strongman appeal and a playing field tipped in his favour by Jokowi.
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Continuity was the surprise in Indonesia’s legislative elections
about 2 weeks ago
Identity and patronage are playing a part in stabilising a “two-track” party system
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Indonesia’s problem of ‘proper’ masculinity
about 4 weeks ago
Broadcast regulators are still vigorously policing gender expression in the media
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Introducing the HI-RES SIKAP of Indonesian voters
about 1 month ago
A new online survey gives researchers fine-grained insights into short-term shifts in public opinion
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Explaining the Prabowo landslide
about 2 months ago
Prabowo’s win was made possible by his enduring strongman appeal and a playing field tipped in his favour by Jokowi.
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Indonesians want a more diverse legislature
about 2 months ago
A new survey shows support for a class and gender mix that better reflects society.
OTHER COUNTRIES
OUR ARCHIVE
Matriculating amid Myanmar’s conflict
Education has become a battleground in the struggle against the junta, with students, communities and Myanmar’s economic future worse off for it
Vietnam’s labour brokerage state enables worker abuse in Saudi Arabia
The Vietnamese government has failed to take long-overdue steps to help workers know and claim their rights
Myanmar and the second-oldest profession
The long history of intelligence operations under the Burmese kings attests to the fact that Myanmar has long been an intelligence state.
Translating atrocity at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The ECCC highlights some hazards of miscommunication and mistranslation in multilingual war crimes proceedings
Of prison blocks and condos
On the sidelines of Changi Prison lies a fissure in an environment engineered to “invisibilise” Singapore’s social divides.
Australia’s Malay history & heritage: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
At a graveyard beside the Indian Ocean lies insight into Australia’s ongoing multicultural history and heritage
Malaysia
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Caring for an aging Malaysia: beyond gender and filial norms
A system of aged care focused on filial responsibility unduly burdens women. The social protection system needs a bigger role.
A labour agenda for Malaysia
Economic redistribution should start from giving workers bargaining power long denied to them.
Malaysia’s new struggle over state power
The UMNO era is over, but its political economy model and the social conflicts it created still set the terms of the new politics.
ARTSEA
The land moves west
Artists at the Makassar Biennale grapple with the social and environmental consequences of land reclamation.
Carl Josef Kleingrothe: capturing the colonial life of Deli, Sumatra
A look at the life of the photographer whose work captivated European audiences' looking for images of the 'exotic' Indies.
Memories of Burma’s art scene in the 1970s
Andrew Selth recalls an era of flourishing artistic expression amid heavy-handed censorship.
THAILAND
A coup by any other name
A close look at the blocking of Pita’s appointment shows how conservatives are happy to cut legal corners to thwart reformist politics.
Sam Yan Press and publishing as activism in Thailand
Student activists who energised pro-democracy protests are busily translating and disseminating anti-authoritarian books.
Review: “Thai Diplomacy”
Edited interviews with Tej Bunnag provide "unvarnished insights" and "nuanced history" for students of Thai foreign policy.
REVIEWS & NEWS
Review: “Thai Diplomacy”
Edited interviews with Tej Bunnag provide "unvarnished insights" and "nuanced history" for students of Thai foreign policy.
Image-making as necessity in Fighting Fear II
A recent exhibition showcased Myanmar artists' responses to the coup and resistance to it.
New Mandala’s most-read in 2022
A look back on New Mandala's greatest hits of 2022 as the site takes a summer hiatus.