Who can stop the Thaksin system?

Nicholas Farrelly asks readers to imagine, for a minute, that you were tasked with coming up with a plan to stop Thaksin

A Burmese skater posing with his board at Nanat Taw Bridge in Yangon. Photo by Ye Aung Thu/ AFP.

Rolling with the times?

Jacqueline Menager writes about why Burma's youth may not be ready for momentous change

Thailand’s elite coup culture

Nicholas Farrelly reflects on a long history of coups and asks whether what we're seeing today is a re-run of 2010, or 2008, or 2006 or....

Who’s who in Thailand’s anti-government forces?

Aim Sinpeng argues that motley alliances know to put their differences aside for a common goal

Time to vote Democrat!

Andrew Walker points out the benefits of a vote for the Democrats!

JOM magazine

Joyce Ng, the editor of the only Australia-based Malaysian magazine, explains what motivated this venture

Assault on Nick Nostitz

Pictures of a photo-journalist being assaulted are an ugly reminder of the violence in Thai politics

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo from Wikimedia commons.

Burma’s next president

Aung San Suu Kyi could become Burma's next president, says former Australian Ambassador Trevor Wilson

A royal intervention?

Could Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn play a role in dealing with Thailand's latest round of political crisis?

Condemning the assault on Nick Nostitz

ANU Special Professor Des Ball lends his voice to the chorus of outrage about the assault on Nick Nostitz

What does Suthep really want?

Thammasat University lecturer Thorn Pitidol has a ringside seat for the ongoing protests in the Ratchadamnern area of Bangkok

Myanmar’s academic ambitions

ANU postdoctoral fellow Pyone Myat Thu argues that education is the key to unlocking the country’s vast potential

Yesterday, tomorrow, Thailand

Nicholas Farrelly writes about the cowardly attack on long-time contributor Nick Nostitz and Thailand's uncertain future

Say what, cakap apa?

Alison Abraham wonders what can be done to address racism in Australia and Malaysia, and how much of this boils down to individual action.

Uprooting the Thaksin regime

Patrick Tibke hopes that the Red Shirt movement will be galvanized by Yingluck's gross betrayal of their interests

Politicians, commoners, and kings

Some fascinating insights into Thai politics and history in three new books featured by the National Library of Australia.

The professor and the secular

Ahmad Fuad Rahmat provides a critique of one of Malaysia's greatest thinkers, Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas

Update – East Malaysia rising seminar

Dr. Arnold Puyok discusses recent developments in Sabah and Sarawak.

We’ve seen your theories…

...and can announce that New Mandala's inaugural Thai political theory competition was a very close run thing

Malaysian media – watchdog or running dog?

Tessa Houghton reports on "Watching the Watchdog" project which monitored and analysed the Malaysian media at the 13th general election.

Strikes, violence and modernity

Tim Frewer examines the tension between labour and coercive power in Cambodia today

What is to be done in Thailand?

Thaksin's lawyer Robert Amsterdam argues that coups should be a thing of the country's past

Top honour for Professor Des Ball

New Mandala contributor Professor Des Ball will this week be conferred with the Australian National University's Baume Award

Taking a stance

ANU PhD student Pasoot Lasuka offers a compelling analysis of the different groups opposing Thailand's amnesty bill