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Expert speakers discuss the state of Indonesia's politics and economy in 2018, with the focus on the status of minorities.

On nationalism, religion, archaeology, folklore and pseudo-history.

An introduction to the essential scholarship on Philippine history, politics, culture and society.

Despite the routing of UMNO at GE14 amid regime change, Malay politicians still dominate the new coalition government.

A provocative documentary examines the asymmetries of Indonesia’s oil palm boom, but leaves some difficult questions unaddressed.

Subnational variation in extrajudicial killings speaks to the political logic behind the campaign.

As long as the global attitude towards religious issues doesn't change, and Malaysians themselves mostly stay silent on these issues, the temptation will always be to smother dissent in the ‘invisibility cloak of religion’.

The idea of finding the El Dorado of Asia is a continuing obsession.

Once hailed as the saviour of the democratic status quo, Indonesia’s president is now busily degrading democratic norms.

Establishing parliamentary committees will help the new PH government meet its GE14 promises of better governance, as ministers and senior officials can be called to account.

Would high political office discipline Ma’ruf Amin’s conservatism, or would his conservatism influence government policy?