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Presidential hopefuls in the Philippines

From 'Dirty Harry' to intellectuals and neophytes, Mong Palatino sizes up candidates for the nation's top job.

Muslim politics is not subsuming Malaysian politics

Manjit Bhatia offers a response to Ooi Kok-Hin.

Doing old academia with new media

New Mandala team to deliver new practicum course.

Life under Thailand’s 2016 constitution

Loyal servants deliver junta's requested template for rule.

Beer barons and ballads in Myanmar

Luke Corbin looks at the spillover from fluid copyright laws and nationalism.

Unity in (sexual) diversity?

Indonesia's five 'founding' principles wrongly used to deny rights to same-sex people, writes Kate Walton.

Hope and reality in a new Myanmar

Trevor Wilson surveys the country's prospects under its new government.

The NLD’s iron-fisted gerontocracy

The party's cone of silence isn’t a departure from old-style dictatorial practice, writes Nicholas Farrelly.

Living in sin in Singapore?

What the ban of shisha says about vice and morality in the island nation.

Myanmar’s future can be built in the interim

Engaging local people in the short-term is key to ongoing peace and change.

The rise and rise of Muslim politics

Political Islam will shape Malaysia more and more, argues Kok-Hin Ooi.

Southeast Asian snapshots

Sordid shenanigans from Australia and more silliness in our region.