More bad news for Malaysia’s democracy

Collapse of opposition another blow for Malaysia’s democratic prospects.

Malaysia’s opposition coalition is dead

What's next for Malaysia's opposition movement?

A young Rohingya boy in a camp for the internally displaced. Photo by European Commission DG Echo on flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/69583224@N05/

Rakhine and Rohingya: hopes for a peaceful future?

Who will save the Rohingya from their man-made tragedy, asks U Kyaw Min.

Return to jihad in Indonesia

Could returning fighters extend Islamic State into Southeast Asia?

The ties of terror that bind

Countering Islamic State is a way to strengthen Australia-Indonesia relations.

Listen in to the 2015 Myanmar/Burma Update

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Do you ‘like’ the Tatmadaw?

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly takes a look at social media use by the Myanmar armed forces

Royal resilience and Thai dictatorship

Chatwadee Rose Amornpat, a Thai charged with lese majeste, makes an impassioned plea for the future of her country.

Making sense of Myanmar’s borderland conflicts

Identity and ideas more powerful than resources in causing conflict, report Amy Doffegnies and Cecile Medail.

Making waves

Will Indonesia be a 'global maritime fulcrum'?

The Sultan’s coup

John Monfries reports that one of the last kingdoms of Java has tentatively embraced female succession.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to China

Visit will define the nature of future relations between the two countries, whatever the outcome of Myanmar's elections.

Beef and prejudice

Australian responses to cattle slaughter in Indonesia and Vietnam show our bias when it comes to our neighbours.

Is Myanmar divided?

Tamas Wells reports from the many dimensions of conflict session at the 2015 Myanmar/Burma Update.

On the border, spite is no answer

Nicholas Farrelly suggests Bangladesh and Myanmar should be able to negotiate favourable terms with donors.

ANU Thai Studies conference keynote address

Thongchai Winichakul speaks on how Thais educated abroad influence Thai academia and Asian studies.

Building trust key to peace

Amy Doffegnies and Cecile Medail report from the first borderlands and conflict session at the 2015 Myanmar/Burma Update.

Rohingya crisis: cause for optimism

Is a regional solution for the Rohingya outflow really unachievable?

The Thai junta’s doublespeak

Thailand's NCPO have made doublespeak a central strategy of its rule and turned it into an art of absurdity.

A woman votes in Myanmar's 2012 by-election. Photo from Wikimedia commons.

‘The perfect storm’

Tamas Wells reports from the politics session at the 2015 Myanmar/Burma Update.

Future lies in reconciling the present with the past

HE U Khin Aung Myint outlines the path for political reform in Myanmar.

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Making sense of the rule of law

The clash between the rule of law and law and order in Myanmar's courts.

Glimpses of Myanmar

Powerful images capture everyday reality of political and social change.