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How can Thailand “move on” from a decade of mass political contestation—unrest which was halted, but hardly resolved, by large-scale state violence and the military’s eventual seizure of power?

On the the misuse of western historical sources in the search for Suvarnabhumi.

A proposal for marriage registration cards is an invitation for more moral surveillance of Indonesian citizens.

The ‘new Malaysia’ is viewed with sceptical eyes in poor rural communities in Johor.

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The Nuon Chua and Khieu Samphan verdicts are likely a fitting end for the ECCC and its complicated legacy.

New Books in Southeast Asian Studies talks to Peter Zinoman.

"The advent of the Commoners’ Party represents a more exciting, radical break with the status quo [than the Future Forward Party]—one that has so far kept class privilege of the likes of Juangroongruangkit intact," writes Kriangsak Teerakowitkajorn.

In India's Sundarbans, climate change is fundamentally transforming the everyday lives of women living in remote chars, or river islands.

New Mandala will be home to a South Asia guest section in the lead up to India's general elections.

A lasting, cleaner India depends on undermining the enduring belief that removal of tainted things is the responsibility of people who are born to the task.

The majoritarian first-past-the-post system has had its day. It’s time to think about bold options for reform.