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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

Sea space, conflict and state building in Sulawesi

What happened when global markets arrived in two seaweed-fishing villages

Indonesia’s new economy of speed

Why are millions of Indonesian workers taking up methamphetamine?

Amid the midterms, realignments and cognitive dissonance

Voters are remaking political contestation while rewarding old names

Imee Marcos claims the family legacy

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

Coffee, conflict, and inadvertent state-building in Vietnam

How state-building can work from the bottom up

Introducing our Emerging Scholar Award authors

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

Gender, dynasticism and representation in the Philippine Congress

Surprising evidence in support of the case for gender quotas

Making Mainland Southeast Asia safe for autocracy

How regional elites built an “authoritarian security community”

“If you need anything, let me know, naw”

We can channel grief into support for post-quake relief in Myanmar

Malaysia can do better than “platform capitalism”

The post-industrial economy has come, but without post-industrial prosperity