23 June, 2025

Remembering Anthony Reid (1939–2025)

Amrih Widodo

Southeast Asian studies has lost one of its most compelling voices

Fragile paradise: Bali and volcanic threats to our region

The destruction of centuries past should focus the region on preparing for Indonesia’s next mega-eruption.

Extracting value, losing ground: the critical minerals boom in Palawan

Indigenous lands, livelihoods and unique ecosystems are at threat

THE PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES ARCHIVES

Imee Marcos claims the family legacy

Leveraging the Marcos Sr legacy to advance her political standing—even at her brother’s expense?

Indonesia’s new economy of speed

Why are millions of Indonesian workers taking up methamphetamine?

EMERGING SCHOLARS

Introducing our Emerging Scholar Award authors

New essays to highlight the work of next-gen Southeast Asia scholars

Coffee, conflict, and inadvertent state-building in Vietnam

How state-building can work from the bottom up

Gender, dynasticism and representation in the Philippine Congress

Surprising evidence in support of the case for gender quotas

Will Pekanbaru become Indonesia’s Cox’s Bazar?

The treatment of refugees in Indonesia sees a serious setback

OTHER COUNTRIES

OUR ARCHIVE

“Playing” with labour: on collective cleaning in Lao PDR

Tidying up for socialism—or socialising?

Don’t believe Marcos: the ICC is needed for drug war justice

Duterte’s resilient political influence and the institutional shortcomings of the Philippine justice system hamper domestic processes

Population loss in Portuguese Timor during WW2 revisited

A new archival find suggests that Japanese occupation was more devastating than previously thought

REVIEWS & 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.

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.