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Professor Des Ball AO: the insurgent intellectual

Nicholas Farrelly pays tribute to one of the world's leading strategic studies scholars.

Who constructed LGBT identity in Indonesia?

Hendri Yuluius charts how the Indonesian State helped move LGBT identities from the margins to the mainstream.

Soul of a nation

Christine Gray explores connections between religion, finance and power in Thailand.

More work needed for Indonesia’s democracy

A lack of employment opportunities is undermining the country's democratic gains.

‘Proxyphobia’ in Indonesia

How the military’s fear campaign trumps Trump’s.

ANU to remember Des Ball

New Mandala invites readers to celebrate the life and career of an extraordinary scholar.

Charting conflict and peace in a new Myanmar

Michael Wesley reflects on a new volume examining Myanmar’s path to peace and political transition.

Ahok, the FPI and PilPres 2019

Can Jakarta's governor survive in a gangster's paradise?

The perils of a protest

The race for Jakarta governor must not succumb to race, writes Dwi Kiswanto.

What Trump can learn from Duterte

Could the Philippines President show the US President-elect how to reform?

The geopolitics of Pokémon GO in Asia

Danielle Cave looks at how a viral mobile video game reflects regional tensions.

Afraid new world

Why the world should be wary of a weary superpower under new management.