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Voters are grateful for development projects, but aren’t giving Jokowi a pass for his human rights failures.

Vannessa Hearman on a Dutch exhibition on Bali that "packs a punch".

Disputes that mark this pragmatic alliance should worry Islamists that Prabowo may disregard their demands.

General Prayuth may lead a government after elections this month, but his authority within the armed forces has long been waning.

Prabowo Subianto’s running mate is playing the long game.

A new series of perspectives on the “Malaysia Baharu” from Malaysian scholars, activists, and policymakers.

Pakatan is using state enterprise as a tool of patronage just as well as Barisan.

Fishers have become emblematic of the "wong cilik" this election, but their political engagement remains fragmented and localised.

Australian institutions and their patrons were slow to wake up to Indonesian artists, but the future looks encouraging.

Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan and former yellow-shirt leader Suriyasai Katasila agree—pessimistically—that Thailand's coming elections are merely one stage in a cycle of political instability.

Despite built-in power disadvantages, women are still asserting themselves in online matchmaking.

Jokowi’s overreliance on state-owned enterprises has undesirable side-effects. But the private sector has its own problems.