On the makings of Indonesia’s new protest scapegoat

Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city

August’s protests destroyed beloved colonial-era buildings

There is economic and social upside for Indonesia in reducing its contributions to climate change

Sound analysis requires looking the conflict’s grim realities in the face

A subculture of street protest survives beyond Jokowi

On what’s lost when the Dutch East Indies is recalled as a time of picturesque sophistication

Caught in the middle of a new politicisation of Japan’s migration program

Failing to learn the lessons from failures abroad

On the rise of banker and investor technocrats in Indonesia

An ethnography of rural electrification in Laos

Enshrining spiritual, political and economic powers in Southern Laos

On “Memory Complex”, a new exhibition in Bangkok

Social media offers an ersatz form of accountability

Southeast Asian studies has lost one of its most compelling voices

The destruction of centuries past should focus the region on preparing for Indonesia’s next mega-eruption.

Indigenous lands, livelihoods and unique ecosystems are at threat

What happened when global markets arrived in two seaweed-fishing villages

Why are millions of Indonesian workers taking up methamphetamine?

Voters are remaking political contestation while rewarding old names

Leveraging the Marcos Sr legacy to advance her political standing—even at her brother’s expense?

How state-building can work from the bottom up

New essays to highlight the work of next-gen Southeast Asia scholars