New essays to highlight the work of next-gen Southeast Asia scholars

Surprising evidence in support of the case for gender quotas

How regional elites built an “authoritarian security community”

We can channel grief into support for post-quake relief in Myanmar

The post-industrial economy has come, but without post-industrial prosperity

Defending Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation becomes a faultline within the resistance

It’s a blow to impunity—but not even close to a fatal one

Names, titles and honorifics can be a political landmine for scholars

From Naypyidaw to Tatmadaw, there’s plenty in a name

The treatment of refugees in Indonesia sees a serious setback

Revolution has opened new opportunities to transcend entrenched racial and class dynamics

Tidying up for socialism—or socialising?

An anatomy of unpermitted mining in Indonesian Borneo

An end-of-year note from the editor.

Thai conservatives have sought to prevent reformists from putting down roots in society—and it’s worked

The Japanese influence on Ne Win’s military intelligence force has been exaggerated

Duterte’s resilient political influence and the institutional shortcomings of the Philippine justice system hamper domestic processes

Among Jokowi’s legacies for Prabowo is a nearly opposition-free elite landscape

Prabowo has been generous to former military and police officers when doling out cabinet positions

“A pre-dawn break-in could lead to an evening KLM flight”

A new archival find suggests that Japanese occupation was more devastating than previously thought

Authorities continue to slow-pedal judicial processes in the face of community demands for accountability

The outgoing president transformed the relationship between government and civil society in his decade in power

Widespread co-optation by the junta sits alongside significant monastic resistance