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After five years of military rule, Thailand heads to the polling booths. Follow for live updates.

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

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.

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

The dominant counter-terrorism policy paradigm is unnecessary limiting, and sometimes counter-productive.

The latest on the ANU’s Myanmar Update conference series.

Prabowo Subianto's running mate talks to New Mandala.

Women are central to grassroots campaigning, but what counts as "women's issues" is still hopelessly limited.

Politicians need to make some hard decisions to make the system financially sustainable.

In our guest series on South Asia, a look at how the BJP tries to detoxify its Hindu nationalist image with calculated appeals to select Muslim groups.

The editor of "The Nation" talks to New Mandala.

The idea that China will “bail out” Cambodia if the West applies sanctions is fanciful, and the government knows it.

Realtime election-related reprisals, reactions and randomness.

Chinese elites have looked to Singapore as a model throughout much of the reform era, but have failed to understand what made the city-state tick.

On the prospects for a durable authoritarian politics after the 'Bhumibol Consensus'.

Dutertismo still hasn’t fundamentally changed how political power is sought and won.

Exploring the politics of policy, and policy in politics, during the 2019 elections.

A year of growth and experimentation at New Mandala, with an even bigger year ahead.

Revisit the 20 most popular articles published at New Mandala this year.

An eccentric—and violent—Islamic preacher has been catapulted to fame in Indonesia after becoming a target of the authorities.

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front struggles to sustain a dual image of moderation and militancy.