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Ominous signs for migrant workers in Thailand

Charlie Thame argues that Thailand ought to wake up quickly and recognise that migrants are an asset

The decline of Lao civil society

While donors strive to build a more visible face for Lao civil society, they may be contributing more to the destruction of its foundations.

Rohingya: denied the right to be human

Witnesses to long standing acts of oppression are complicit in the unfolding genocide of Rohingya. It is time to act.

Australia’s Malay population

Nicholas Herriman writes about Australia's little known Malay community of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Video: Jokowi v Prabowo

Ross Tapsell and Greg Fealy canvass Indonesia's presidential candidates and how the electorate are responding to them.

Prabowo’s dog-whistling

Prabowo is cosmopolitan or xenophobic, depending on who's in front of him.

Defending the Faith

Prabowo’s presidential bid, Islamic conservatives and sectarian divisions

The confusion about “Constitutional Monarchy” in Malaysia

Clive Kessler explores confusion about "Constitutional Monarchy" in Malaysia

See you in court

Under the open list system, claims of legislative candidates 'stealing' votes from party colleagues during the counting process.

Persona non grata no more?

Hamish McDonald tests the notion that a Prabowo presidency might not be that bad after all.

Thailand’s forgotten key

Constitutional scholar Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang asks if Thailand can escape from its vicious cycle of political instability.

Seven questions for Thailand’s military

Robert Dayley asks some hard questions of General Prayuth and Thailand's other new leaders