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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

Impeaching Yingluck Shinawatra

Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang argues that arbitrariness has continued to jeopardise public institutions in Thailand

Will Australia’s cup runneth over in Asia?

Disappointing crowds at the 2015 Asian cup show Australia may not be ready to call Asia home, writes James Giggacher.

Singapore’s “Battle for Merger” revisited – Part II

In this follow-up, Poh Soo Kai argues that Singapore would have been a better country with Barisan Sosialis.