In the days following his inauguration on 20 October, President Prabowo Subianto moved quickly to appoint a total of 136 coordinating ministers, ministers and their deputies, agency chiefs and their ...

Among Jokowi’s legacies for Prabowo is a nearly opposition-free elite landscape, now that Anies Baswedan—the most popular politician not aligned with the Widodo–Prabowo coalition—has had his comeback ...

On 12 November 1994, a group of 29 young Timorese men gathered to protest outside the US embassy in Jakarta. They were there to make sure the world did not forget what happened at the Santa Cruz ...

For Timor-Leste, the 20th century was a century of repeated mass violence. While the Manufahi Rebellion of 1911–1912 is celebrated by East Timorese as the last great uprising against Portuguese rule, ...

On 25 October 2004, during the holy month of Ramadan, more than 2,000 Malay Muslim protesters gathered outside the Tak Bai police station in Thailand’s Narathiwat Province to demand the release of six ...

Edward Aspinall is Professor at the ANU’s Department of Political and Social Change, where his research and teaching focus on the politics of contemporary Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. Fauziah ...

Tun Dr Ismail has been dead for 40 years but his legacy of inclusion and moderation, and honest and honourable leadership, is unforgettable and can yet inspire new generations of Malaysians from both ...

Wasisto Raharjo Jati is a researcher at Research Center for Politics at Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and a research fellow on governance, public policy, and development ...

Hadrien Saperstein is a Phd Student at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Research Associate for the Asia Centre think tank in France, specialising in Southeast Asia, ...

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New Mandala provides anecdote, analysis and new perspectives on Southeast Asia. It devotes its attention to the politics and societies of Southeast Asian countries, and their connections with one ...

Dr Rebecca Meckelburg is a research scholar and lecturer in the Development studies postgraduate program at the Interdisciplinary Faculty, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana. Her research interests ...