Beyond the “Berkeley Mafia” A look at the rise of banker and investor technocrats in Indonesia—and how they’ve eclipsed academic economists as a key source of influence over the direction of economic ...

Art in a time of democratic abeyance in Thailand In "Memory Complex", an empty Bangkok shophouse becomes home to artworks that provide a potent reminder of the sacrifices made for the possiblity of ...

Elites in Indonesia increasingly treat social media as a proxy for the popular will—and live in fear of its wrath. On the one hand, that reflects well on Indonesia’s democratic health. But as Aqida ...

Fragile paradise: Bali and volcanic threats to our region The destruction of centuries past should focus the region on preparing for Indonesia’s next mega-eruption.

Aqida Salma is a PhD candidate in political science and Southeast Asian studies at Goethe University Frankfurt, and a visiting fellow at Cornell University through the AIFIS–Henry Luce Foundation and ...

Anthony John Stanhope Reid—known to friends, students, and colleagues simply as Tony—passed away on Sunday, 8 June 2025, in Canberra. It was a quiet Sunday, typically devoted to church and reflection ...

Amrih Widodo retired from the Australian National University in 2017 after a career lecturing in Indonesian language and cultures, performing arts, media and popular cultures in universities in ...