Two problematic planned cities, one postcolonial utopia
Ethnonationalism and Myanmar’s future
Framing the war in Myanmar as a ‘fight for democracy’ obscures the crisis of the nation-state at the conflict’s heart
INDONESIA
INDONESIA ARCHIVESREVIEWS & NEWS
Jim Scott in memoriam, Southeast Asian studies in perpetuum
“The field of Southeast Asian studies has come to resemble the region as he saw and celebrated it, warts and all”
Review: “On the Shadow Tracks”
“This is a book with a whole lot of heart for Myanmar and her people.”
Review: “Thai Diplomacy”
Edited interviews with Tej Bunnag provide "unvarnished insights" and "nuanced history" for students of Thai foreign policy.
MYANMAR
MYANMAR ARCHIVESOTHER COUNTRIES
OUR ARCHIVEReclaiming Phnom Penh’s streets for citizens
On the promise of “spontaneous tactical urbanism” to renew Cambodia’s capital
Ayungin Shoal and the spectre of informal international law
What an alleged gentleman’s agreement tells us about China’s vision of international law
The growing contradictions of Singapore’s HDB scheme
A notionally egalitarian public housing program has come to fuel class and intergenerational inequalities
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.