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Malaysia GE13 coverage

There is wide coverage on Malaysia's most anticipated general elections.

Don’t forget home

The city of Boston is literally on the other side of the globe yet many that contributed to the inundation of my Facebook wall acted as if it were their home town that was attacked by yet-to-be-named terrorists.

Colonialism and ethnic conflict in Burma

Sai Latt argues that wherever colonial attitudes and actions are found, they deserve to be fundamentally challenged

Reducing Malaysia’s debt burden

What is more worrying than government debt is household debt, and there appears to be no easy answers to this conundrum.

Interview with Joe Gordon: Lèse majesté and democracy

Kyoto University's Pavin Chachavalpongpun interviews Joe Gordon, an American who was imprisoned for lèse majesté

Who can meet the expectations of the majority?

Many Malaysians are willing to move beyond the politics of fear into a brave new world, but will they be looked after?

Thailand’s royal histories

Andrew Walker writes about the contested history of the last king of Phrae, and what this might mean for royal power in contemporary Thailand.

Podcasts from the 2013 Myanmar Update

Audio recordings are now available from the Myanmar Update Conference held at the ANU in March 2013

Emulating the state

Examining the allure of martial symbolism, anthropologist Nicholas Herriman argues for a more entangled view of the state in Southeast Asia.

New work on Southeast Asian monarchies

The current issue of Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia deals with the sensitive, yet significant, topic of monarchies in the region

Flags: Old and new

Nicholas Farrelly writes that national flags are often considered sacred and thus eternal. But they can change.

Greater media freedom, really?

The Malaysian electoral authoritarian regime has hardened in its attitude and actions toward media freedom in various “waves” since reformasi.