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Strengthened sedition

The reforms to the Sedition Act bodes ill to Malaysia's democratisation process, concludes Amanda Whiting.

Strengthening sedition

Amanda Whiting investigates the use of the Sedition Act in Malaysia.

Fortifying authoritarian rule in Malaysia

Amanda Whiting argues that the Bill to reform Malaysia's Sedition Act strengthens the authorities further.

Southeast Asian Frontiers field course

Nicholas Farrelly reflects on an ANU field course about the Thailand-Myanmar borderlands

Shooting the messengers? Journalists in Indonesia

A new book on Australian journalists in Indonesia poses some tough questions about the bi-lateral relationship. Hamish McDonald reports.

What we’ve got here is failure to communicate

Megawati takes a swipe at her party's president at the PDI-P congress in Bali.

Vale Pamela Gutman

Trevor Wilson pays tribute to one of Australia's great Burma scholars

Reading Myanmar politics in 2015

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly has a new column at The Myanmar Times

ANU Thai Studies Conference

Thongchai Winichakul stars in an exciting lineup at the ANU Thai Studies Conference on 30 April and 1 May 2015.

Malaysia after Hudud: Prospects for democracy and moderation

An interesting event discussing the implementation of Hudud in Malaysia.

America needs Thai style democracy

Occasional New Mandala contributor Nuat Namman calls on foreign commentators to take a less simplistic approach to American democracy

Burma and the Kipling mystique

Andrew Selth analyses the influence of the bard of the British Empire, Rudyard Kipling