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There is an urgent need for a critical debate on mass tourism in Myanmar, particularly the viability and frailty of the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Policy.

Hot-shot journalist Thomas Kean gets reactions from Naypyidaw about President Obama's recent visit to Myanmar.

Keith Barney examines comments on the Theun-Hinboun Dam by environmental consultant Murray Watson, who disappeared in Somalia in 2008.

Inevitably there are questions from the vantage of 2012 -- 80 years after the 1932 revolution -- about what any future Thai coup might look like.

A former American diplomat in Cambodia and Myanmar reflects on the trickiness of Obama's visit.

Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit will be exploring gender and sexuality through a discussion of their translation of an epic poem.

New Mandala readers may be interested in next week’s annual conference of the Research School of Asia and the Pacific.

With all the buzz over Obama's visit and Pitak Siam's looming rally, it appears to have escaped the attention of most media that we are seeing the biggest Red Shirt gatherings in a year.

Andrew Walker reflects on the political symbolism of Barack Obama's short visit to Bangkok.

Enthusiasm about Myanmar's reformist juggernaut will reach hitherto unseen peaks during the President's hours on-the-ground.

Are Asian policy makers fooled by the hype that entrepreneur development creates economic growth?

The aim of most Malaysians is not to turn this country into another repressive state that claims to rule with a mandate from God.