President Duterte’s use of Bisaya is a push back against Imperial Manila’s dominance. But it is also creating new hierarchies of language of its own.

PoP reviews an important new book on the relationship between feminism and visual art in Indonesia

Revolutionary music can be a window into the social foundations of Myanmar’s Ethnic Armed Organisations.

President Duterte's trust rating lies at 89% in Mindanao. It's time to listen to the voice of the other 11%.

A proposed new law on special economic zones would create enclaves in which key workers' rights and environmental protections are absent, or go unenforced.

The first in a series of podcasts providing a snapshot of Malaysia in the aftermath of GE14.

Satirists cannot beat Duterte in his own game of telling jokes and performing in the theatre of the absurd.

The first in our series of perspectives from young writers from Mindanao on two years of Dutertismo.

The Supreme Court’s ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno was not just a case of discriminatory legalism or unconstrained democracy. It is not democratic at all.

Duterte's anti-drug and anti-loitering campaigns have weaponised a 'cleanliness' aesthetic to deadly effect.

Do political dynasties hold back The Philippines' economic development? Nicole Curato investigates this question with Assoc Prof Ronald Mendoza.

Illiberalism at home, and pro-market ideologies abroad, are putting pressure on Southeast Asian civil society organisations' financial health.

Opponents of racism in Malaysia need to understand that proponents of racial politics do believe in race—and only by understanding the appeal of racial thinking can racism be defeated.

A pillar of Indonesian civil society faces an ever more acute dilemma between representing a religious community and securing resources and influence within government.

เศรษฐกิจแพลตฟอร์มจากมุมมองของแรงงานในประเทศไทย Platforms such as Uber and Airbnb entice labourers into job insecurities that may not be perceptible in the short term.

Writing history in the Indian Ocean world was the result of a complex interplay of global norms and local conditions of textual production.

As the rescue operation takes on unprecedented proportions, stories of true heroism are assuming Buddhist undertones.

Jayeel Cornelio talks to Nicole Curato about the under-appreciated level of religious diversity in the Philippines.

A movement making piety cool for youth alienated from traditional religious organisations has become a national phenomenon in Indonesia.

On 'black campaigns', the Islamic vote, and upcoming presidential elections.

The GE14 result reflects PAS' enduring influence, yet the PH parties together with IKRAM and ABIM offer a viable ‘Islamic alternative’ for pious Muslim voters.

The ‘cari makan’ or a rent-seeking political culture may be the hardest thing to reform in Malaysia, even under a reformist government. And human nature will make this almost impossible to do.

There are strong indications that Teerasak Longji submitted a petition for royal clemency. But unlike those condemned before him, his plea for clemency was rejected by His Majesty the King.