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Making Peace with the Enemy

Why do victims of human rights abuses support for Prabowo’s candidacy for President?

Songsuda Yodmani and the 2014 coup

Pavin Chachavalpongpun takes aim at a press conference that sought to legitimise Thailand's recent coup

Student Politics in the Selfie-Age

Elena Williams discovers that student politics in Yogyakarta aren't what they used to be.

Dissonance in Malaysia-Japan relations

The dissonance between Abe and Najib is explained by the current status of their long dominant parties

NTEU condemns Thai coup

The Australian higher education union calls for the release of all academics and students detained by Thailand's junta

Promiscuity into promise?

Dan Slater argues that voters are facing a most fateful electoral decision

Who’s who in the Thai coup?

Confused about who's who in the Thai coup? Here is a detailed analysis to put things straight.

Thaksin Thinks, Prayuth Acts

Anders Engvall looks at the economic direction of Thailand's military junta

Friday wrap

The campaign this week in social and mass media: NM Indonesia editors sat on fesbuk this week so you could at least get some work done.

“Foreign influence” in Red Shirt demonstrations

Grant Evans analyses the role of Lao citizens who support Thailand's Red Shirt movement

After the coup

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly offers a quick take in the aftermath of Thailand's latest coup

Thailand: a “soft revolution” in a happy country

The coup's intentions cannot be accomplished without taming people to be innocuous citizens