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Will Pekanbaru become Indonesia’s Cox’s Bazar?

The treatment of refugees in Indonesia sees a serious setback

Ethnic solidarities in Myanmar: coalitions or movement?

Revolution has opened new opportunities to transcend entrenched racial and class dynamics

“Playing” with labour: on collective cleaning in Lao PDR

Tidying up for socialism—or socialising?

New Mandala in 2024

An end-of-year note from the editor.

Thailand’s deinstitutionalised democracy movement

Thai conservatives have sought to prevent reformists from putting down roots in society—and it’s worked

Myanmar’s MI and the Kempeitai: a historical footnote

The Japanese influence on Ne Win’s military intelligence force has been exaggerated

Don’t believe Marcos: the ICC is needed for drug war justice

Duterte’s resilient political influence and the institutional shortcomings of the Philippine justice system hamper domestic processes

Against Indonesia’s toxic alliances

Among Jokowi’s legacies for Prabowo is a nearly opposition-free elite landscape

A most militarised cabinet

Prabowo has been generous to former military and police officers when doling out cabinet positions

Break-ins and breaking news: the Timorese fence-jumpers of Jakarta

“A pre-dawn break-in could lead to an evening KLM flight”

Population loss in Portuguese Timor during WW2 revisited

A new archival find suggests that Japanese occupation was more devastating than previously thought