Observers in the West have largely interpreted the devastating violence that has engulfed Myanmar following the February 2021 military coup as a “battle between democracy and authoritarianism”. This ...

Ask anyone from Myanmar where they were and what they thought when they learnt of the 1 February 2021 military coup and it is likely they can recall in detail. As word of the takeover spread, it broke ...

On 28 July 2024 Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second largest Islamic organisation, officially announced that it would accept an offer of mining concessions from President Joko Widodo’s government. This ...

Liam Prince is the Director of the Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) based at The University of Western Australia.

The motivations behind these reforms—the renewed emphasis on language learning, a desire to see more Australian students up in the Indo-Pacific for longer duration experiences, and a rebalancing of ...

Lezhi Wang is a PhD candidate at the Department of History, National University of Singapore. He is currently writing a dissertation on the intellectual and ecological history of Indonesian Borneo ...

Tun Dr Ismail has been dead for 40 years but his legacy of inclusion and moderation, and honest and honourable leadership, is unforgettable and can yet inspire new generations of Malaysians from both ...

Bunly Soeung serves as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Svay Rieng University. He is as a Research Fellow and core member of the Network of Friend of R2P-Cambodia at the Cambodian ...

Christopher Choong Weng Wai is Deputy Director of Research at Khazanah Research Institute in Malaysia, and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities ...

Duncan Graham (www.indonesianow.blogspot.com) is an award-winning Australian journalist and author locked down in East Java.

New Mandala provides anecdote, analysis and new perspectives on Southeast Asia. It devotes its attention to the politics and societies of Southeast Asian countries, and their connections with one ...