Sulphur and sacrifice: Indonesia’s Yadnya Kasada Festival

Mount Bromo shows its darker side at this haunting Hindu festival.

A new chapter, but the same old story

New Thai Privy Council points to more of the same.

Defending Islam and reclaiming diversity

On the ground insights from the anti-Ahok rallies

The double-edged sword of social media

The role of social media in a hotly debated democracy.

In the shadow of football giants

ASEAN’s struggle to be accepted and respected on the world football stage

An alliance to secure electoral victory

Najib’s political strategy in the lead-up to the next general election

Post-300 baht Thailand

What will changes to the minimum wage mean for the Thai working class?

Explaining the mass anti-Ahok rally turnouts

How recent protests attracted hundreds of thousands.

Stubbornly separate

What an unusual community in Singapore says about people power.

Decades of denial as Rohingya genocide continues

Failing in the responsibility to protect.

The futility of Prayuth’s war on truth

What Prayuth can learn from a thousand-year-old tale of royalty.

Malaysia’s digital economy: can entrepreneurship be unleashed?  

Crony capitalism in Malaysia may become a drag on the country’s digital ambitions.

Jokowi’s calculated soft approach to Jakarta’s radicals

Why the Jokowi administration’s handling of the Ahok case deserves credit.

Marvelling at Indonesian democracy in Myanmar

Why bold reforms are critical for success.

Growing insecurity in Muslim Mindanao

Are the peace plan and the presidency at risk?

Managing a declining threat

How to deal with ‘the face of Buddhist terror’ in Myanmar.

Lessons of the Arab Spring for Muslim Southeast Asia

Why Southeast Asia needs a cultural spring.

Has Jokowi handed a strategic victory to radicals?

How political Islam is growing steadily on Indonesia's national stage.

Why Rakhine people should embrace human rights

How overcoming a long-held antipathy would benefit the Rakhine community.

Who built Marcos’ tomb?

A dictator’s hero’s burial and the Philippines’ post-EDSA democratic crisis.

Thailand’s long succession

Can Vajiralongkorn deliver the stable monarchy the Thai junta wants?

Confronting genocide in Myanmar 

Myanmar's government must acknowledge that genocide is being perpetrated against the Rohingya.

Najib’s fear campaign

The beleaguered Malaysian Prime Minister is clinging on to power, but at what cost?

Jokowi wakes up the leviathan

How the Indonesian president is using SOEs to drive economic development -- and why the private sector isn't happy.