Malaysia means good times, some madness and sadness.

You're not from around here, are you? Non-resident legislative candidates are a national phenomenon.

Legislative candidates - No residency, no experience, no problem!

The mystery of a missing Lao development worker highlights Southeast Asia’s record of enforced disappearances

In a political landscape dominated by money-politics, can a box of treats sweeten up Indonesia's voters?

Why is witchcraft part of the political toolkit for Indonesian candidates?

Clive Kessler's concluding analysis of daulat, monarchy and constitutionalism in modern Malaysia.

Eve Warburton reports that PDI-P hopes Jokowimania will help the party make inroads in far-flung parts of Indonesia.

An increasing number of celebrities standing for parliament is a side-effect of quotas for female representation in politics.

If pleasurable pain can be said to be a critical political factor, then recent developments in Malaysia is to be welcomed.

Democracy might be 'haram', but Islamist vigilantes are using it to their strategic advantage.

Who's winning, and why. Taking a look at some early polling.

Indonesia's bizarre system for apportioning the votes of expats leads to some unusual campaign strategies.

Conspiracy theories are the courier of political change.

Historians of the future may remember the latest round of political unrest in Thailand as the twilight of the ‘network monarchy’.

Ross Tapsell lays out what Indonesia's 2014 elections are all about.

No, he’s not the Messiah, but a bit of reformist populism was just what Indonesia needed in 2014

Daulat and kedaulatan each has its place, and each is to be honoured in its own place, and not to be inserted into that of the other.

Malaysia and Singapore in action at the Association of Asian Studies Conference.

Akanat Promphan's extraordinary academic record reflects the deep status insecurity that drives the yellow side in Thai politics

Telling the story of Indonesia's election year, New Mandala style.

Is there something more to the position of the traditional Malay ruler than his modern constitutional position?

Elections are the means for greater democratisation in Malaysia, yet it is leading to greater polarisation.

Clive Kessler presents his original analysis of daulat, kedaulatan, sovereignty and modern constitutionalism in Malaysia.