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The idea of finding the El Dorado of Asia is a continuing obsession.
Introducing ‘Rupture: nature–society transformation in mainland Southeast Asia’
Studying structural reconfigurations of nature and society in the Mekong region and beyond.
Disagreements and design flaws at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The dismissal of the case against Im Chaem highlights longstanding worries about the future viability of the ECCC.
Going forward, looking back: observations on the 2018 Cambodian election
CPP organisational and informational dominance over its rivals has been palpable.
Wielding the purse strings of Southeast Asian civil society
Illiberalism at home, and pro-market ideologies abroad, are putting pressure on Southeast Asian civil society organisations' financial health.
Lee Morgenbesser on ‘Behind the Façade’
The New Books in Southeast Asian Studies podcast explores the idea that elections can be instrumentalised by dictators to reinforce their rule.
Can our cities survive climate catastrophe? Ancient Asia may hold the key
The fall of great premodern Southeast Asian settlements offers hints about what climate change has in store for today's megacities.
Cambodia haunted by mistakes of interventions past
What we see today in Cambodia is a direct outcome of the events of 1997, and the world’s feeble response then.
Civil society and the media after Hun Sen’s crackdown
A discussion about how civil society organisations and the media are adapting to growing authoritarianism in Cambodia.
Lee Morgenbesser on Hun Sen
A quick interview with a scholar of authoritarianism on what's over the horizon for Cambodia after Hun Sen's 2017 crackdown on the opposition.
Perspectives on the Past at New Mandala
Welcoming the University of Sydney's Southeast Asian history bloggers to New Mandala.
What should the region do about Cambodia’s crackdown?
A discussion on how Australia, ASEAN, and the world might support democracy and human rights in Cambodia.
Gareth Evans on confronting Hun Sen
Read the former Australian foreign minister's remarks made at the "Cambodia on the Brink" conference in Canberra.
Cambodia on the Brink: Towards the 2018 Elections
Special forum in Canberra brings together scholars and civil society to survey the effects of Hun Sen's crackdown.
Introducing the Association for Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars (AMSEAS)
New association "seeks to foster and facilitate opportunities for the advancement of research and knowledge relevant to Mainland Southeast Asia."
An interview with Mu Sochua
The public face of Cambodia's exiled CNRP leadership on surviving and regrouping after Hun Sen's crackdown.
Hun Sen’s gamble
The dissolution of the CNRP protects the prime minister’s position in the short term, but may backfire in the long run.
Old dominance, new dominoes in Southeast Asia
Democracy in the region finds itself in dark days. Can anything save it?
Explaining the crackdown in Cambodia
Two factors: the CPP is spooked by its declining electoral fortunes, and the west hasn't spoken up for democracy.
Cambodia, a party with a country
Cambodian officials in their own words on how the CPP and state power are one and the same.
Cambodia’s society is changing fast, and its parties slowly
The 2017 commune elections don't point to a decisive result for either the CPP or CNRP next year.
