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Religion and atheism: the need for dialogue

The lack of engagement between religious and non-religious communities must be remedied

V-Day resistance to the junta’s coercive regime

Aim Sinpeng analyses the most important anti-government rally since Thailand's May 2014 coup

A fatal mistake

Having accepted the validity of Indonesian laws it is still important to recognise their flaws from both a humanitarian and academic point of view.

Strategic imperatives for Australia-Indonesia relations

According to John Blaxland, clemency for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has a solid strategic rationale

The unfulfilled promise of Joko Widodo

New Mandala talks to Indonesia politics expert Greg Fealy about whether everyone got it wrong when it came to Jokowi

Southeast Asian elections worst in the world

According to a new study, Southeast Asia performs worse on overall electoral integrity than any other region in the world

KPK v Polri: a proxy conflict?

Is the battle between Indonesia's corruption commission and national police a sign of the difficulties to come for President Jokowi, asks Jacqueline Hicks.

Rape and the pantomime of misogyny

Alicia Izharudin argues that every public endorsement of rape in Malaysia will have a ripple effect across society

The naked Apsara in Cambodia

Scott Rawlinson wades into a discussion about Khmer women, sexualisation and gender

Why executions won’t win Indonesia’s drug war

Keeping death row inmates alive one of the best chances of success in Joko Widodo’s war on drugs

Burma/Myanmar: Bibliographic trends

Andrew Selth surveys the changing landscape of publishing about the Southeast Asian nation

Remembering “Tok Guru”

Clive Kessler reflects on the qualities of Tok Guru and how they influenced his academic work