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Recognising restrictive regimes

US-ASEAN Summit sends bad signal for rights across the region, writes Caitlin McCaffrie.

Silencing by means of “superstition”

Baby dolls, black magic and power in Thailand.

Passing over the gavel without a fight

Myanmar's parliamentary speakers should be applauded for stepping down, writes Nicholas Farrelly.

The marathon to Malacañang Palace

Mish Khan sets the scene for the Philippines presidential election.

Presidential hopefuls in the Philippines

From 'Dirty Harry' to intellectuals and neophytes, Mong Palatino sizes up candidates for the nation's top job.

Muslim politics is not subsuming Malaysian politics

Manjit Bhatia offers a response to Ooi Kok-Hin.

Doing old academia with new media

New Mandala team to deliver new practicum course.

Life under Thailand’s 2016 constitution

Loyal servants deliver junta's requested template for rule.

Beer barons and ballads in Myanmar

Luke Corbin looks at the spillover from fluid copyright laws and nationalism.

Unity in (sexual) diversity?

Indonesia's five 'founding' principles wrongly used to deny rights to same-sex people, writes Kate Walton.

Hope and reality in a new Myanmar

Trevor Wilson surveys the country's prospects under its new government.

The NLD’s iron-fisted gerontocracy

The party's cone of silence isn’t a departure from old-style dictatorial practice, writes Nicholas Farrelly.