For the first time, a resistance movement against military rule is welcoming and aiding soldiers who choose to join the ‘people’s side’

Nhà nước Việt Nam đã không thực hiện những bước đúng ra đã phải thực hiện từ lâu để giúp người lao động hiểu biết và đòi hỏi quyền lợi của mình.

A notionally egalitarian public housing program has come to fuel class and intergenerational inequalities

Identity and patronage are playing a part in stabilising a “two-track” party system

Education has become a battleground in the struggle against the junta, with students, communities and Myanmar’s economic future worse off for it

Broadcast regulators are still vigorously policing gender expression in the media

The Vietnamese government has failed to take long-overdue steps to help workers know and claim their rights

A new online survey gives researchers fine-grained insights into short-term shifts in public opinion

Why does one of the Philippines’ most traumatic wartime experiences loom small in commemorations of WW2?

The long history of intelligence operations under the Burmese kings attests to the fact that Myanmar has long been an intelligence state.

Missed opportunities were on display at the latest iteration of one of Indonesia's premier art events

Prabowo’s win was made possible by his enduring strongman appeal and a playing field tipped in his favour by Jokowi.

A new survey shows support for a class and gender mix that better reflects society.

The 2024 elections illustrate how business figures are taking the business risks out of engaging in political contests

ANU experts share their impressions and predictions about Indonesia's election

Hardliners are adapting to electoral realities—and state restraints—in mobilising for Anies Baswedan.

Personal and patronage ties are once again at the fore.

The ECCC highlights some hazards of miscommunication and mistranslation in multilingual war crimes proceedings

An end-of-2023 note from the site's editor

The narrowing field of political contestation in Indonesia is not just being driven by presidential machinations and ruling-coalition infighting—but also the inescapable contradictions of Indonesia’s middle income status

Does polarisation have a mass base?

A colonial record’s hint at a forbidden lesbian relationship is a reminder of the potential for historical research to uncover queer life in Indonesia’s past and present

China’s modes of foreign economic cooperation are tailor-made for the Jokowi-era political economy