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 ...

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 ...

There’s a notorious stretch of road in Indonesia, by the border of North Sumatra and Aceh provinces, that passes through kilometres and kilometres of oil palm plantations. There are few people there, ...

Introducing our Emerging Scholar Award authors We're pleased to launch a series of essays that highlight the research of a diverse group of emerging scholars of Southeast Asia.

Name-calling in Myanmar: on people Honorifics, nicknames and pseudonyms for prominent Myanmar figures have been a mainstay of Myanmar public life, with the subtleties of their use often lost on many ...

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 ...

Ethnonationalism and Myanmar’s future The crisis in Myanmar is a fundamental struggle over the identity and structure of the nation-state. Underpinning this conflict are ethnonational politics that ...

Reclaiming Phnom Penh’s streets for citizens Lost in between the colonisation of public space by cars, and the drive to develop Cambodia’s capital for commercial interests, is the possibility for ...

The workers paying the price for Indonesia’s nickel boom Critical minerals producers are lauded by the government for creating jobs and generating revenue, and they market themselves as socially ...

Review: “On the Shadow Tracks” In her account of explorations of Myanmar’s railway network, Clare Hammond has produced a travelogue of empire, authoritarianism—and hope.

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

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 ...