The changing face of fake news

On what translation can tell us about Thai society and its perspectives on its regional neighbours.

พระพุทธศาสนาและผู้มีอำนาจไทยในระยะยาว

The activities of Lao dissidents who have fled to Thailand can offer some insight into anti-regime sentiment in Laos.

จงสังเกตความโหยหาอำนาจนิยมในสังคมไทย: มงคลกิตติ์เป็น ส.ส. สะท้อนอะไร

Amid assassinations and forced disappearances of Thai dissidents abroad, a dissident publisher reflects on what it means to “survive” under “Democracy with the King as the Head of State".

Indonesia should not be lulled by Neo-JI’s seemingly peaceful development.

If he’s serious about building Indonesia’s “human capital”, Jokowi should make mental health a policy priority.

Progress for pro-women policy requires being honest about the social and political barriers activists face.

What happens when civil society, the media, and policymakers are based in different cities?

Indonesia needs evidence-based policy, not policy-based evidence.

On what translation can tell us about Thai society and its perspectives on its regional neighbours.

Though Austronesians operated in networks of oceanic trading that stretched from Asia to the Mediterranean for thousands of years, both the term and cultural grouping are little known.

Nien Yuan Cheng continues her commentary on how Singapore artists are responding to the Bicentennial.

Part 2 of this 3-part series on the SG Bicentennial explores MY Bridge of Light, a community play sponsored by the official bicentennial fund.

PoP's Cheng Nien Yuan continues her commentary on Singapore's Bicentennial.

Social media has amplified, rather than created, an existing culture of disinformation.

On the prospects for a durable authoritarian politics after the 'Bhumibol Consensus'.

Dutertismo still hasn’t fundamentally changed how political power is sought and won.

History and electoral reality suggest that the 2019 elections will deliver another “wasted coup”.

The majoritarian first-past-the-post system has had its day. It’s time to think about bold options for reform.

Contemporary Indian fiction shows a different awareness regarding the politics of spirituality.

In our guest series on South Asia, a look at how the BJP tries to detoxify its Hindu nationalist image with calculated appeals to select Muslim groups.

In India's Sundarbans, climate change is fundamentally transforming the everyday lives of women living in remote chars, or river islands.

New Mandala will be home to a South Asia guest section in the lead up to India's general elections.

A lasting, cleaner India depends on undermining the enduring belief that removal of tainted things is the responsibility of people who are born to the task.