Prabowo is cosmopolitan or xenophobic, depending on who's in front of him.

Prabowo’s presidential bid, Islamic conservatives and sectarian divisions

Clive Kessler explores confusion about "Constitutional Monarchy" in Malaysia

Under the open list system, claims of legislative candidates 'stealing' votes from party colleagues during the counting process.

Hamish McDonald tests the notion that a Prabowo presidency might not be that bad after all.

Constitutional scholar Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang asks if Thailand can escape from its vicious cycle of political instability.

Robert Dayley asks some hard questions of General Prayuth and Thailand's other new leaders

Yen Tzu-Chien observes Jokowi in action at an event in Jakarta, and hears about the 'mental revolution'.

Perhaps things in Thailand could have turned out very differently, as this journey into the past, and future, suggests.

Any bargain between society and PAP on the 'social contract' is likely to be heavily biased towards the PAP.

Can the presidential candidates tackle rising religious intolerance when in office? Not when prime perpetrator is the state itself, argues A'an Suryana.

In this video, Thailand politics expert and New Mandala co-founder Andrew Walker dissects the country's latest military coup.

The Hendropriyono pot calls the Prabowo kettle black, Jokowi goes to Papua and Gerindra gets Happy.

Why do victims of human rights abuses support for Prabowo’s candidacy for President?

Pavin Chachavalpongpun takes aim at a press conference that sought to legitimise Thailand's recent coup

Elena Williams discovers that student politics in Yogyakarta aren't what they used to be.

The dissonance between Abe and Najib is explained by the current status of their long dominant parties

The Australian higher education union calls for the release of all academics and students detained by Thailand's junta

Dan Slater argues that voters are facing a most fateful electoral decision

Confused about who's who in the Thai coup? Here is a detailed analysis to put things straight.

Anders Engvall looks at the economic direction of Thailand's military junta

The campaign this week in social and mass media: NM Indonesia editors sat on fesbuk this week so you could at least get some work done.

Grant Evans analyses the role of Lao citizens who support Thailand's Red Shirt movement

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly offers a quick take in the aftermath of Thailand's latest coup