Articles by Liam Gammon

All New Mandala wants for Christmas is your email address

An end-of-2023 note from the site's editor

A note from the new (old) editor

Liam Gammon edits New Mandala from 25 November 2022.

What was that election for again?

The make-up of Joko Widodo’s second-term cabinet confirms worrying trends.

A farewell note from the editor

Rebecca Gidley begins as New Mandala's editor in August 2019.

On the 2024 campaign trail with Sandi Uno

Prabowo Subianto’s running mate is playing the long game.

An end-of-2018 letter from the editor

A year of growth and experimentation at New Mandala, with an even bigger year ahead.

Welcoming ‘Near West’ to New Mandala

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

Is a ‘Malay tsunami’ on the horizon?

ANU experts assess the likelihood of the Pakatan Harapan coalition finally making inroads into the UMNO heartland.

Prabowo didn’t just announce a presidential run

A supposed announcement of his candidacy actually reemphasises how ambivalent Prabowo is about fighting Jokowi again.

Lee Morgenbesser on Hun Sen

A quick interview with a scholar of authoritarianism on what's over the horizon for Cambodia after Hun Sen's 2017 crackdown on the opposition.

The “orang gila” scare in Indonesia

What's behind a fresh panic about attacks on Islamic figures at the hands of "crazy people"?

Islamic leaders don’t get their ‘copy and paste’ of Jakarta

Details on a falling out between pro-Anies Baswedan political parties and the religious leaders behind the 212 movement.