Asia-Pacific Affairs

America’s overlapping strategic interests concerning the South China Sea necessitate diplomatic engagement with ASEAN.

Our knowledge of Asia, our learning, our relationships and our expertise have been under fire for the last 20 years.

Anti-LGBT groups merges scientific jargon with religious conservatism to deliberately obscure the larger terrain of academic debates.

Indonesia's environmental policies are at odds with the rhetoric around palm oil production and Indonesians are not equipped with enough information to understand the risks of a changing climate.

The ILO is making slow but sure progress towards SDGs on human trafficking and forced labour in Myanmar, writes Gary Rynhart.

The role of youth and students has been sidelined in the history of the resistance movement.

A glimpse into the current state of mother tongue education and its connections to the broader ethnic reconciliation process.

The co-existence of Indonesia’s competitive elections with illiberal trends appears contradictory but the two are in fact interrelated.

On colonial legacies and austerity economics.

Expressions of interest due by 9 October 2017.

Our editor, Liam Gammon, offers some advice on getting your comment published.

New Mandala founder Nicholas Farrelly announces Liam Gammon's new role

President's vision lacks strategy.

Political sanctuary, assassination and why Kim Jong Nam’s killing won’t be the last.

Could the Trump White House brew American cronyism in the way of Asia?

How Australia can keep afloat as Trump torpedoes global order.

What a Trump presidency means for peace and stability in our region.

Why Southeast Asia is now firmly in the grip of China.

Former student Cam Hawker reflects on his time in Southeast Asia with acclaimed scholar Des Ball.

Nicholas Farrelly pays tribute to one of the world's leading strategic studies scholars.

New Mandala invites readers to celebrate the life and career of an extraordinary scholar.

Danielle Cave looks at how a viral mobile video game reflects regional tensions.

Why the world should be wary of a weary superpower under new management.

The United States' engagement with Southeast Asia could soon be over, writes Tom Pepinsky.