America’s overlapping strategic interests concerning the South China Sea necessitate diplomatic engagement with ASEAN.
Letter from the editor: Will Australia’s “place” in Asia seem like history for future generations?
Our knowledge of Asia, our learning, our relationships and our expertise have been under fire for the last 20 years.
Scientific homophobia: misusing science in Indonesia
Anti-LGBT groups merges scientific jargon with religious conservatism to deliberately obscure the larger terrain of academic debates.
Nationalist rhetoric is impeding climate action in Indonesia
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.
Trapped: slavery in the 21st century
The ILO is making slow but sure progress towards SDGs on human trafficking and forced labour in Myanmar, writes Gary Rynhart.
44 Years after invasion: East Timor’s 1975 generation
The role of youth and students has been sidelined in the history of the resistance movement.
Lost in tongue: the politics of mother tongue education in Myanmar
A glimpse into the current state of mother tongue education and its connections to the broader ethnic reconciliation process.
Indonesia’s democratic paradox
The co-existence of Indonesia’s competitive elections with illiberal trends appears contradictory but the two are in fact interrelated.
A colonial cross of gold: the roots of economic conservatism in the Philippines
On colonial legacies and austerity economics.
Comparative peacebuilding conference series calls for abstracts
Expressions of interest due by 9 October 2017.
An important message about New Mandala comments
Our editor, Liam Gammon, offers some advice on getting your comment published.
Risk and imagination in the Trump era
How Australia can keep afloat as Trump torpedoes global order.
Travels with Des Ball
Former student Cam Hawker reflects on his time in Southeast Asia with acclaimed scholar Des Ball.
Professor Des Ball AO: the insurgent intellectual
Nicholas Farrelly pays tribute to one of the world's leading strategic studies scholars.
ANU to remember Des Ball
New Mandala invites readers to celebrate the life and career of an extraordinary scholar.
The geopolitics of Pokémon GO in Asia
Danielle Cave looks at how a viral mobile video game reflects regional tensions.
President Trump and Southeast Asia
The United States' engagement with Southeast Asia could soon be over, writes Tom Pepinsky.