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Nicholas Farrelly strikes a cautiously optimistic note after news of a new truce in northern Myanmar

In this extract, Associate Professor Sarah Turner from McGill University in Canada introduces a new book about doing research in socialist Asia

One must never fail to notice the clear pattern of authoritarian rule that runs all the way back to the founding years of the nation.

Marcus Mietzner and Nicholas Farrelly have co-edited a journal special issue looking at military rule and democratisation

Tristan Knowles, the Director of Economists at Large, examines the financial and economic implications of the Vientiane to Yunnan rail link.

This month's Book Zone 2.0 delivers tasty morsels from the 41st Bangkok International Book Fair (held 29 March – 8 April 2013) fresh to NM readers.

Ryan Lane asks "must the poor learn to keep the right company before they are granted a seat at the table?"

The lack of concern on these numbers is indicative of how ingrained our belief that women’s issues are trivial.

The Malaysian people are finally to a certain extent constructing their own paradigm and finding their own voices.

Regime change in itself will not automatically bring the powerful state down, writes Kikue Hamayotsu

The more important question is to define what constitutes funding, and whether they are used to promote the welfare of Malaysians.

Aim Sinpeng discusses the implications of a recent re-mobilisation of Thailand's people's sector