Indonesia’s sugar scandals

The effects of decisions about sugar made during tumultuous periods in Indonesian history linger into the contemporary era.

These case studies analyse both the psychological and communal effects of violence and natural disasters and how communities attempt to overcome their effects.

The loyalty of some Islamist groups to AQ, and by extension, the Taliban, is evident from the content posted on their respective affiliated websites and publications.

Bringing them home is the only option that addresses both the humanitarian and security aim of weakening Indonesian links to terrorist networks abroad. 

Ethical questions around Dutch soldiers’ actions on which the film reflects are less urgent in Indonesian films.

Citizen trust in Thailand’s political system has been seriously affected by the problems in the handling of the pandemic.

...more critical than leadership or domestic politics in accounting for Thailand’s decade of foreign policy retrenchment is...regional and geopolitics.

The 2020 Protest posed an existential threat to the Thai state. The government of Prayuth Chan-ocha has enlisted every available weapon to fight back, including COVID-19.

The economy, and domestic and foreign policy will be in sharp focus at the Thai Update 2021 at The Australian National University (ANU).

Streicher spent time researching this troubled region talking to local civilians, activists, journalists, academics, as well as military conscripts and senior officers.

Ethical questions around Dutch soldiers’ actions on which the film reflects are less urgent in Indonesian films.

Since the start of the coup, Ku Kue's art has featured front and centre in many protests around the country.

A utopian vision with glimpses of a dystopian future.

Comprehensive introductory lectures in Archaeology and Art History of Southeast Asia with a focus on the pre-Modern to the Modern periods.

Morlam song practices still resound, even if criminalised, depoliticised and silenced.

Why, after such a long hiatus, is underwater cultural heritage is once again being considered as an economic, not an archaeological or historical, resource?

For better or worse, players and game designers are part of the project of making Southeast Asian history.

The materiality of writing has major implications for the practice of history...When you look at a ‘medieval’ Javanese manuscript, it is almost always an 18th or 19th century copy of a copy of a copy ... and so on.

A critical reflection on the emergence, dominance and legacy of Java’s historic ‘empire’.

What does world heritage inscription means in a country where human rights abuses are ongoing.

Ben Dunant reviews "North Korea and Myanmar: Divergent Paths", which paints Myanmar and North Korea regimes less as outposts of tyranny and more as rational actors.

Hunter Marston reviews Josh Kurlantzick's newly published study of the CIA's covert military operations in Laos.

Gerard McCarthy reviews Marie Lall's Understanding reform in Myanmar.