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.
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.
Rohingya stalemate tests Myanmar
In his Myanmar Times column this week Nicholas Farrelly examines anti-Rohingya sentiment
PM Najib remarks on Rohingya
Nicholas Farrelly offers a quick summary of the Malaysian Prime Minister's remarks at #29APR.
Democracy worship in Thailand
Simplistic arguments are in danger of neglecting the complexities of democracy and ignoring roadblocks to its ‘return’.
New Mandala appoints new editor
Today we announce the appointment of James Giggacher as editor of New Mandala
Rohingya as a regional conundrum
Nicholas Farrelly suggests that Myanmar's reputation is being damaged by its response to the Rohingya crisis
Rohingya crisis: nothing from nothing
Friday's summit in Bangkok achieved little. It also shows that states that can’t help others, can’t help themselves.
Indonesia and the Rohingya: de-legitimising democracy?
How the Asian migrant crisis is putting democratic credentials to the test.
Naypyitaw stories: from street trader to hotel manager
Olivia Cable talks to a 26-year-old about how he made his life in Myanmar's capital.
Islam and the state in Myanmar
Melissa Crouch on the politics of belonging in Myanmar and the need to reframe understanding of the nation’s Muslim populations.
Action needed in the Buddhist-Muslim zone
Myanmar’s troubled western borderlands are in the news again with headlines about the trade in human desperation.
Rice, repression and rule by force
Thailand’s ongoing coup culture leaves a bad taste at home and abroad.
The empire strikes back
Indonesia's oligarchs are flexing their muscles. But to what extent were they defeated by Jokowi in the first place?
Re-shooting the elephant
A fast-changing Myanmar must bed down peace and end decades of civil war if it hopes to cement the progress of recent reforms.
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