Ross McLeod finds unexpected hope in the presidential candidates' policies on public sector reform.

Engage two of Sabah's most prominent politicians as they discuss Sabah and Malaysia's future

Why we should be worried that one candidate promises to roll back constitutional reforms.

Next week the Australian National University will host a discussion of the Thai coup and its implications

Ed Aspinall says a Prabowo win 'carries major risks of serious authoritarian regression'.

Election, what election? Farish Noor wonders why Indonesia's neighbours just don't seem to care.

David Streckfuss argues that William Heinecke's letter backing the coup exposes at best remarkable naiveté or, at worst, cynical insensitivity.

Charlie Thame argues that Thailand ought to wake up quickly and recognise that migrants are an asset

While donors strive to build a more visible face for Lao civil society, they may be contributing more to the destruction of its foundations.

Witnesses to long standing acts of oppression are complicit in the unfolding genocide of Rohingya. It is time to act.

Nicholas Herriman writes about Australia's little known Malay community of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Ross Tapsell and Greg Fealy canvass Indonesia's presidential candidates and how the electorate are responding to them.

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.