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Southeast Asian Islam, gentle and ungentle

Clive Kessler's third and final article investigating the links between Islam, violence and Southeast Asia.

Australia’s leadership spill, with a Myanmar twist

Olivia Cable highlights an intriguing and unexpected connection between Australian and Myanmar politics

On “supersessionism”: Abrahamic faiths in history

Clive Kessler's second of three articles exploring the history of Islam, violence and Southeast Asia

Aung San Suu Kyi in 2015

New Mandala co-founder Nicholas Farrelly has an overview of Aung San Suu Kyi's prospects in the year ahead

Detention without trial: Going beyond Coldstore?

Dr Poh Soo Kai provides a response to the High Commissioner of Singapore to Australia's latest rejoinder

Soldiers with democratic hearts?

Nicholas Farrelly offers a brief analysis of military self-perception in Thailand

Defending Indonesia’s anti-corruption fighters

Jarni Blakkarly reports on a recent protest in Jakarta and the wider #SaveKPK movement

Myanmar in transition

Nicholas Farrelly is turning a regular spotlight on some of the big issues in Myanmar's ongoing political transformation

Jokowi’s National Police Chief debacle

Prio Sambodho argues the Indonesian public and media have performed admirably in responding to the President's mis-steps

Reply to Dr Poh Soo Kai’s rejoinder

Burhan Gafoor, the Singaporean High Commissioner to Australia, responds to another recent New Mandala post

Jokowi: The First Hundred Days

Indonesian politics has not been this interesting in a long time, according to Michael Vatikiotis

An annotated bibliography of Operation Coldstore

According to Loh Kah Seng, there was no case for the arrests and Britain bowed to political pressure in the operation