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Introducing a series of short reflections on Tao Po, a one-person play that grapples with the Philippines' drug war.
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Notes on 212 in 2018: more politics, less unity
The second reunion of the 2016 anti-Ahok rally was a show of force from FPI ahead of elections.
Southeast Asia’s ethnic crises in modernity
Some big-picture reflections on regime type, ethnic diversity, and ethnic exclusion.
Thailand Unsettled #2: Reconciliation (with Jatuporn Prompan and Suriyasai Katasila)—Part 1
How can Thailand “move on” from a decade of mass political contestation—unrest which was halted, but hardly resolved, by large-scale state violence and the military’s eventual seizure of power?
Lost in literature: the misuse of western sources and perspectives [Part III]
On the the misuse of western historical sources in the search for Suvarnabhumi.
Playing the marriage card in Indonesia
A proposal for marriage registration cards is an invitation for more moral surveillance of Indonesian citizens.
Rebellion and regret: talking to rural voters after GE14
The ‘new Malaysia’ is viewed with sceptical eyes in poor rural communities in Johor.
The end of the road for the Khmer Rouge tribunal
The Nuon Chua and Khieu Samphan verdicts are likely a fitting end for the ECCC and its complicated legacy.
Vietnamese Colonial Republican: The Political Vision of Vu Trong Phung
New Books in Southeast Asian Studies talks to Peter Zinoman.
Thailand’s new left-wing political parties: rivals or allies?
"The advent of the Commoners’ Party represents a more exciting, radical break with the status quo [than the Future Forward Party]—one that has so far kept class privilege of the likes of Juangroongruangkit intact," writes Kriangsak Teerakowitkajorn.
Welcoming ‘Near West’ to New Mandala
New Mandala will be home to a South Asia guest section in the lead up to India's general elections.