Iola Lenzi’s Power, Politics and the Street: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia after 1970 (Lund Humprhies, 2024, 240 pages) is the latest addition to a narrow but deep bibliography aiming to account ...

Anthony Reid reflects on the life of Chin Peng, the enigmatic leader of Malaysia's oldest political party.

Sea space, conflict and state building in Sulawesi In Indonesia, a boom in demand for seaweed from largely China-based industry has transformed seaweed farmers’ relationships with the sea and each ...

Sebuah penerjemahan artikel ini dalam berbahasa Indonesia telah terbit disini. ‘National races’ or taingyintha is among the pre-eminent political ideas in Myanmar today. It has animated brutal ...

So what would a return to the original text of the 1945 Constitution mean? In essence, it would require the ‘undoing’ of the amendments made to the Constitution in 1999-2002. Provisions upon which ...

This new edition contains a new chapter on Thailand's turbulent politics since 2006 and incorporates new sources and research throughout.

Interfaith dialogue in Malaysia is important, if not a prerequisite step to ameliorating societal tensions in Malaysia. However, I would argue that interfaith dialogue is itself problematic on two ...

The collection of facial recognition data to identify separatist insurgents in the deep south will only feed distrust towards the Thai state.

Art in a time of democratic abeyance in Thailand In "Memory Complex", an empty Bangkok shophouse becomes home to artworks that provide a potent reminder of the sacrifices made for the possiblity of ...

Citarum River in West Java province is dubbed one of the dirtiest river in the world, and cleaning it up is an almost unmanageable job. The government has to deal with more than 3000 businesses along ...

Photo courtesy of Akshay Mahajan (Creative Commons licence) After a long period of relative silence, the most tragic period in Cambodia’s history has experienced a renaissance of interest. Spurred by ...

1932 is usually described as the beginning of Thailand’s century-long coup season. Once upon a time when I sought to determine when this history of coups began I was surprised to find obscure ...