30 April, 2025

Gender, dynasticism and representation in the Philippine Congress

Ryan Gem

Surprising evidence in support of the case for gender quotas

Introducing our Emerging Scholar Award authors

New essays to highlight the work of next-gen Southeast Asia scholars

Making Mainland Southeast Asia safe for autocracy

How regional elites built an “authoritarian security community”

Will Pekanbaru become Indonesia’s Cox’s Bazar?

The treatment of refugees in Indonesia sees a serious setback

OTHER COUNTRIES

OUR ARCHIVE

“Playing” with labour: on collective cleaning in Lao PDR

Tidying up for socialism—or socialising?

Don’t believe Marcos: the ICC is needed for drug war justice

Duterte’s resilient political influence and the institutional shortcomings of the Philippine justice system hamper domestic processes

Population loss in Portuguese Timor during WW2 revisited

A new archival find suggests that Japanese occupation was more devastating than previously thought

Jokowi broke the ‘Reformasi coalition’

The outgoing president transformed the relationship between government and civil society in his decade in power

REVIEWS & NEWS

Jim Scott in memoriam, Southeast Asian studies in perpetuum

“The field of Southeast Asian studies has come to resemble the region as he saw and celebrated it, warts and all”

Review: “On the Shadow Tracks”

“This is a book with a whole lot of heart for Myanmar and her people.”

Review: “Thai Diplomacy”

Edited interviews with Tej Bunnag provide "unvarnished insights" and "nuanced history" for students of Thai foreign policy.

ARTSEA

The land moves west

Artists at the Makassar Biennale grapple with the social and environmental consequences of land reclamation.

Carl Josef Kleingrothe: capturing the colonial life of Deli, Sumatra

A look at the life of the photographer whose work captivated European audiences' looking for images of the 'exotic' Indies.

Memories of Burma’s art scene in the 1970s

Andrew Selth recalls an era of flourishing artistic expression amid heavy-handed censorship.