Iola Lenzi’s Power, Politics and the Street: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia after 1970 (Lund Humprhies, 2024, 240 pages) is the latest addition to a narrow but deep bibliography aiming to account ...

Jokowi broke the ‘Reformasi coalition’ Repression and harassment have played a part in the political marginalisation of reformist civil society. But that marginalisation is also deeply linked to ...

Reversing reformasi The narrowing field of political contestation in Indonesia is not just being driven by presidential machinations and ruling-coalition infighting—but also the inescapable ...

Sea space, conflict and state building in Sulawesi In Indonesia, a boom in demand for seaweed from largely China-based industry has transformed seaweed farmers’ relationships with the sea and each ...

The growing contradictions of Singapore’s HDB scheme Singapore's lauded public housing scheme is more than a welfare program—it's a key political and economic institution. But its greatest irony is ...

Ethnic solidarities in Myanmar: coalitions or movement? The social revolution bound up in the resistance to the coup has opened, in a partial yet meaningful way, avenues for Myanmar to transcend ...

When the results of Indonesia’s presidential election became clear last Wednesday evening, they told a story of an electorate even more divided after five years of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

Anthony Reid reflects on the life of Chin Peng, the enigmatic leader of Malaysia's oldest political party.

Are Indonesia’s political parties all alike? Are some more in favour of political reform than others? Do some favour business interests while others see themselves as siding with the poor? And does it ...

Findings from a nationwide survey commissioned by Yangon-based NGOs Colors Rainbow and &PROUD indicate that Myanmar’s general public are in favour of greater equality for the country’s LGBT* ...

Sebuah penerjemahan artikel ini dalam berbahasa Indonesia telah terbit disini. ‘National races’ or taingyintha is among the pre-eminent political ideas in Myanmar today. It has animated brutal ...

More than 70% of the population in Indonesia live within 100km of one or more of the country’s 130 active volcanoes—that’s a staggering 175 million people. 8.6 million Indonesians live within 10km of ...