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Malaysia in 2014 – A perspective from Thailand

Insurgencies in southern Thailand complicates Malaysia-Thai relations.

Looks good on paper: Education reform in Burma

Rosalie Metro brings a critical perspective to the fragility of Burmese education materials in an analysis that has major policy implications

Malaysia’s “Devarajas”

Clive Kessler revisits the origins of 'daulat' and 'devaraja' and how Malaysia's 'new royalists" are re-imposing these concepts.

Banning The Rocket

Gennie Gebhart reflects on the Lao government's ban on The Rocket.

Malaysia in 2014 – a perspective from Singapore

Malaysia and Singapore's ‘special relations’ are important but can never be taken for granted advises Bilveer Singh.

Travails of the khon dii

Suthep’s invocation of “khon dii” to correct the excesses of the current system of Thai government has a long history in the Kingdom of Siam and in other Tai cultures.

Reinventing “derhaka” in modern Malaysia

Malaysia's “new royalist” theorists reinvents "derhaka" in an attempt to rewrite the Malaysian constitution.

The benefits of mud houses

Murray Hunter explores the development benefits of mud houses.

A Gramscian take on Thai politics

Daniel Mattes examines the challenges facing Thai society, and seeks answers in the lives of the rural and working classes

Suthep’s romantic tale

What better way to celebrate Valentine's day than feasting on Suthep's classic tale of love and villainy.

Indonesia: Why you so like that wan?

Elvin Ong asks if Singapore's politicians will grow up in the next 50 years?

Trans*cending tribulations: Malaysian Mak Nyahs

Malaysian Mak Nyahs (male-to-female transexuals) continue to fight for the right to be themselves.