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

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

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

Prabowo’s presidential bid, Islamic conservatives and sectarian divisions

Clive Kessler explores confusion about "Constitutional Monarchy" in Malaysia

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

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

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

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

Yen Tzu-Chien observes Jokowi in action at an event in Jakarta, and hears about the 'mental revolution'.

Perhaps things in Thailand could have turned out very differently, as this journey into the past, and future, suggests.

Any bargain between society and PAP on the 'social contract' is likely to be heavily biased towards the PAP.