The article that got its author reported for libel for comparing Megawati and Aung San Suu Kyi.

If the government doesn't turn back from the path it's taking in Rakhine, the consequences for Myanmar's future will be severe.

The discussion around the history of the Rohingya, at its worst, deflects attention away from the problem of defining citizenship through ethnic indigeneity.

The likely result of leaving the Tatmadaw to its own devices in dealing with ARSA is the creation of yet another insurgency.

ANU's premier Indonesian studies event will explore the nationalist zeitgeist [re]emerging under Jokowi.

A spike in mosque construction is an oft-cited symbol of Indonesia's "Islamisation". But data suggest it's not actually happening.

A new film tells the bittersweet story of a young Rohingya refugee's quest for a selfie with Najib.

Two factors: the CPP is spooked by its declining electoral fortunes, and the west hasn't spoken up for democracy.

Nick Nostitz reflects on photographing the political rise and fall of Thailand's first female PM.

Mounting Maranao frustration could cause further radicalisation after military operations end.

The new constitution leaves booby traps for any incoming civilian government.

Alarming rhetoric from officials is coinciding with an apparent spike in the use of deadly force by police.

Malaysia's Federal Constitution no longer embodies the spirit and intentions of the country's founders.

An open letter to General Prayut Chan-ocha, signed by 418 concerned scholars.

A look back at Rosa "Muki" Bonaparte Soares' life of anti-colonialism and feminism, cut short by Indonesian occupation.

Survey data show no evidence of a link between piety and intolerance, let alone violence.

PoP goes to EuroSEAS to present on ritual in Southeast Asia

Myanmar women aren’t relying on outsiders to call out discrimination, or to organise to demand their rights.

It’s one step forward, two steps back for the right of Papuans and Moluccans to peacefully advocate for self-determination.

Cambodian officials in their own words on how the CPP and state power are one and the same.