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Queering Malaysian cohesiveness

Both UMNO and PAS utilise non-heteronormative Malay-Muslim men as slates upon which they inscribe and impose their notions of “Malaysianness"

The cost of clean politics

Thorn Pitidol suggests that the looming consideration of the 2.2 trillion baht loan bill is likely to bring about further discussion of corruption in Thailand

Penang and the Hajj

An interesting workshop in the holy month of Ramadan - Penang and the Hajj.

Sarawak’s “Independence Day”

Many, if not most Malaysians are unaware that Sarawak was indeed, if only for a short time, a fully independent nation-state before it joined Malaysia.

Thailand’s international human rights obligations in question

Any proposed amnesty for the 2010 political violence should explicitly exclude those who committed gross violations of human rights

Malaysia-Singapore Update 2013 programme

Find out more about this major conference where experts will discuss these important Southeast Asian neighbours

Hitler again

Cod Satrusayang asks what Thailand's Hitler controversies tell us about the country's preoccupation with figures of authority.

Finding a solution in Thailand’s deep south

Murray Hunter argues that the long term solution to the problems in Thailand's deep south lies in enabling integration without the loss of cultural identity.

Birding with Thai characteristics

Stig Toft Madsen writes about the social history of birding in Thailand and invites contributions to a conference panel

Can Malaysia’s intellectual communities move beyond the status quo?

The Malaysian intellectual world remains in a rut, with tired ideas constantly recycled and refurbished

Thein Sein talks at Chatham House

In this report Mark Inkey summarises Myanmar President Thein Sein's only public speech in London

Malaysia a constitutional democracy?

This case is a chance for the courts to clarify that the Malaysian Constitution lays down a legal basis for “constitutional democracy.”