The Asian Century white paper has been "wowed" by the Australian media but it's doubtful if anybody in the region is looking at Australia with any more interest today.

James Bean offers a brief account of recent troubles in Patani, with analysis of the changing terrain of conflict and debate.

Resolving Burma's ethnic conflicts is still a huge job: if the country's leaders succeed, the new capital has more than enough room for statues of peace-making giants.

The underlying dynamics of violent conflict in Karen State remain largely unchanged, which may cause a relapse if they are not meaningfully addressed.

Ahmad Farouk Musa provides a cogent account of why a secular state is better than an Islamic state, and that Muslims can best practice their faith in a secular state.

Will Singapore go the Taiwan way in its democratisation process – a split in the elite? Improbable argues Michael Barr.

In southernmost Thailand unlawful attacks by the insurgents should be classified as war crimes.

Southeast Asia shows us that there are two paths to democratisation – one of big bang change with reforms and another of simply muddling through.

Given the number of protesters on 28 October 2012, which was more than any recent PAD, Siam Samkkhi or Blue Sky event, we may be in for more interesting times.

Is Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, pursuing the military strategy of Roman dictator Fabius Maximus, who was known as Fabius the Delayer?

There is a revolution going on in Southern Thailand and I'm not talking about the insurgency.

According to this analysis, the National League for Democracy's discriminatory policy on Rohingya is no less than that of the former military regime.

Did Mahathir plant the seeds to the current opposition coalition through his draconian measures to, ironically, stifle the opposition?

Thailand's numerous environmental handbooks (р╕Др╕╣р╣Ир╕бр╕╖р╕н, р╕Хр╕│р╕гр╕▓) have proven to be a valuable blend of common sense, superstition and rationalist understanding.

Far from a great novel, but The Village offers some perceptive insights into the micro-politics of rural Thailand.

Even if half of the casualties reported are true, it is disturbing that there is no demonstration of anguish among the Burmese people.

Its not poor politics alone that is the reason for authoritarianism in Malaysia but Hobbism.

In the annals of anthropologists working in the Lao development industry, Jan Ovesen's 1993 study must be one of the earliest.

It has become politically correct to write in such manner that everything the late King Norodom Sihanouk achieved for his people has to be belittled.

The politics of farming are starkly different in South Korea and Thailand, but not in the way you might expect.

Arguably, the key issue for Myanmar's reforms is getting the sequencing right. So what should the government do next?

Travelling in Tibet with village projectionists, Jinghong Zhang reports on the popularity of swordsman films.