NEW MANDALA

MAY 29. 2025

Indonesia’s new economy of speed

Why are millions of Indonesian workers taking up methamphetamine?

MAY 28. 2025

Amid the midterms, realignments and cognitive dissonance

Voters are remaking political contestation while rewarding old names

MAY 20. 2025

Imee Marcos claims the family legacy

Leveraging the Marcos Sr legacy to advance her political standing—even at her brother’s expense?

MAY 9. 2025

Coffee, conflict, and inadvertent state-building in Vietnam

How state-building can work from the bottom up

APRIL 30. 2025

Introducing our Emerging Scholar Award authors

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

Gender, dynasticism and representation in the Philippine Congress

Surprising evidence in support of the case for gender quotas

APRIL 16. 2025

Making Mainland Southeast Asia safe for autocracy

How regional elites built an “authoritarian security community”

APRIL 9. 2025

“If you need anything, let me know, naw”

We can channel grief into support for post-quake relief in Myanmar

MARCH 26. 2025

Malaysia can do better than “platform capitalism”

The post-industrial economy has come, but without post-industrial prosperity

MARCH 19. 2025

Rohingya genocide warrants and the legitimacy battle in Myanmar

Defending Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation becomes a faultline within the resistance

MARCH 18. 2025

Duterte at The Hague

It’s a blow to impunity—but not even close to a fatal one

FEBRUARY 28. 2025

Name-calling in Myanmar: on people

Names, titles and honorifics can be a political landmine for scholars

FEBRUARY 26. 2025

Name-calling in Myanmar: on protocols

From Naypyidaw to Tatmadaw, there’s plenty in a name