In constitution making, process matters as much as content.

On colonial legacies and austerity economics.

Notes from a research trip interrupted by Indonesia’s most deadly earthquake in years.

What are the challenges and lessons of translating Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ into Filipino?

A falsified version of Singaporean history has found resonance among the conservative fringe in Latin America.

Two leading scholars on the ideological and institutional legacies Pakatan Harapan inherits from the BN regime.

A look at historical census data yeilds little evidence of widespread illegal migration from Bangladesh.

On the Mamasapano clash and the exclusionary narratives it reinforced.

The dismissal of the case against Im Chaem highlights longstanding worries about the future viability of the ECCC.

Isla Winarto talks to PoP about the Indonesian Heritage Society's efforts to promote heritage conservation at Jakarta's Museum Tekstil

The NU Garis Lurus or 'true path NU' movement shows how the moderate stance of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation is being internally contested.

New Mandala is looking for emerging Indonesian experts to write about Indonesia's biggest policy challenges in the lead up to the 2019 polls.

Thailand’s military government has passed an amendment to the Sangha Act that places the power to appoint and remove the twenty members of the Sangha Council, the highest governing body in the Thai Buddhist order, under the king’s power.

Nicole Curato talks to Clarke Jones about what the 'tough on crime' mentality looks like from inside the Philippine prison system.

While governments since at least Rama VI have defined Thainess by the ideology of nation-religion-king, comparing editions of the Royal Institute Dictionaries shows the changing meanings of these words.

International donors need to own up to their own roles in the ongoing Lao hydropower tragedy.

How did royalist, nationalist and anti-democratic forces overwhelm the originally heterogenous yellow-shirt movement?

Whatever new form of governance emerges from the Bangsamoro Organic Law, it will still confront security challenges as serious as ever.

CPP organisational and informational dominance over its rivals has been palpable.

What has and hasn't changed about how the media report on politics and policy after GE14?