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An end-of-year note from the editor.
THAILAND
Thailand’s deinstitutionalised democracy movement
Thai conservatives have sought to prevent reformists from putting down roots in society—and it’s worked
INDONESIA
INDONESIA ARCHIVES
Jokowi broke the ‘Reformasi coalition’
Edward Aspinall & Fauziah Mayangsari
The outgoing president transformed the relationship between government and civil society in his decade in power
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Against Indonesia’s toxic alliances
about 1 month ago
Among Jokowi’s legacies for Prabowo is a nearly opposition-free elite landscape
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A most militarised cabinet
about 1 month ago
Prabowo has been generous to former military and police officers when doling out cabinet positions
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Break-ins and breaking news: the Timorese fence-jumpers of Jakarta
about 2 months ago
“A pre-dawn break-in could lead to an evening KLM flight”
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Jokowi broke the ‘Reformasi coalition’
about 2 months ago
The outgoing president transformed the relationship between government and civil society in his decade in power
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Clerics to coal miners: the decline of Indonesia’s Islamic civil society
about 4 months ago
Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organisations have dealt away their freedom to criticise government
REVIEWS & NEWS
Jim Scott in memoriam, Southeast Asian studies in perpetuum
“The field of Southeast Asian studies has come to resemble the region as he saw and celebrated it, warts and all”
Review: “On the Shadow Tracks”
“This is a book with a whole lot of heart for Myanmar and her people.”
Review: “Thai Diplomacy”
Edited interviews with Tej Bunnag provide "unvarnished insights" and "nuanced history" for students of Thai foreign policy.
MYANMAR
MYANMAR ARCHIVES-
Myanmar’s MI and the Kempeitai: a historical footnote
about 1 week ago
The Japanese influence on Ne Win’s military intelligence force has been exaggerated
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Buddhist division and polarisation in Myanmar’s revolutionary situation
about 3 months ago
Widespread co-optation by the junta sits alongside significant monastic resistance
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Ethnonationalism and Myanmar’s future
about 3 months ago
Framing the war in Myanmar as a ‘fight for democracy’ obscures the crisis of the nation-state at the conflict’s heart
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Revolution and solidarity in Myanmar
about 4 months ago
On the end of the “transition paradigm” and the meanings of the present revolution
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James C. Scott: against the myopic study of politics
about 5 months ago
“To become good and dynamic, political science must be broadened and cooperate with, among others, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians”
Ethnonationalism and Myanmar’s future
Framing the war in Myanmar as a ‘fight for democracy’ obscures the crisis of the nation-state at the conflict’s heart
OTHER COUNTRIES
OUR ARCHIVE
Population loss in Portuguese Timor during WW2 revisited
A new archival find suggests that Japanese occupation was more devastating than previously thought
20 years after Tak Bai, impunity trumps justice
Authorities continue to slow-pedal judicial processes in the face of community demands for accountability
Reclaiming Phnom Penh’s streets for citizens
On the promise of “spontaneous tactical urbanism” to renew Cambodia’s capital
ARTSEA
The land moves west
Artists at the Makassar Biennale grapple with the social and environmental consequences of land reclamation.
Carl Josef Kleingrothe: capturing the colonial life of Deli, Sumatra
A look at the life of the photographer whose work captivated European audiences' looking for images of the 'exotic' Indies.
Memories of Burma’s art scene in the 1970s
Andrew Selth recalls an era of flourishing artistic expression amid heavy-handed censorship.