HOME - NEW MANDALAFIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS: THE WOMEN FACING CONFLICT AND COVID-19 IN RAKHINE STATEDIANTY NINGRUM THAILAND AT NEW MANDALA. Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul have analysed the stunning rise and fall of this party in their co-authored book. Large COVID outbreaks in prisons are only a part of a bigger problem in terms of the state overlooking the welfare of prisoners. LETTER TO CORONAVIRUS On the 24th of March Dadolin Murak responded to ominous news that an individual in Timor-Leste had been diagnosed with with Corona Virus by penning a ‘letter to COVID-19’ and posting it on Facebook. Although there have, as of the 14th of April, been only four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in in Timor-Leste far more are suspected. The national leadership remains wrought by a protracted SMILING TO FIGHT: WAITING OUT THE PANDEMIC IN LAOS Smiling to fight: Waiting out the pandemic in Laos. Rob Cole - 10 Mar, 2021. In Laos, the impacts of COVID-19 on human mobility are starkest in two aspects: migrant labour and tourism. The former provides vital income for many rural households, and the latter is the economic lifeblood of popular destinations like Luang Prabang. THAILAND - NEW MANDALA Thailand Unsettled #3: Political Deadlock (with Jatuporn Prompan and Suriyasai Katasila) Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan and former yellow-shirt leader Suriyasai Katasila agree—pessimistically—that Thailand's coming elections are merely one stage in a cycle of political instability. New Mandala and Prachatai 09 Mar, 2019. THE IMPACT OF THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT’S CRACKDOWN ON The impact of the Indonesian government’s crackdown on Islamists. Afifur Rochman Sya’rani - 07 Jan, 2021. The Indonesian government has officially banned the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) through a joint ministerial decree (SKB) on 30 December 2020. It lists six reasons for the ban. INFILTRATING SOCIETY: THE THAI MILITARY’S INTERNAL Militaries around the world use infiltration tactics to gain advantages over their enemies. The Thai military is no exception—but with one distinct difference. The Thai military does not want advantages in the battlefield, but in the political arena. Moreover, the enemies are not foreign nation-states, but the very Thai people themselves. In Infiltrating Society: The AMBÁG AND BAYANIHAN: THE COMMUNAL VALUES OF PHILIPPINE Ambág and Bayanihan: The Communal Values of Philippine Populism. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, developing countries like the Philippines struggle to maintain economic stability and social order. Under forced quarantine, many Filipinos, especially informal settlers and impoverished households in urban areas are experiencing hunger HOW THE KHMER ROUGE DEHUMANISED THEIR "ENEMIES" In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge demonstrated how an aesthetic vision can quickly degenerate into a society devoid of the traits of humanity. As a result, we should be particularly wary of regimes that employ such remedial, exclusionary rhetoric, because of the inherent dangers its implementation may portend. Fionn Travers-Smith is a history THE SHINAWATRA FAMILY TREE The first ancestor of the Shinawatra family is “Seng Sae Ku” (р╣Ар╕кр╣Зр╕З р╣Бр╕Лр╣Ир╕Др╕╣) or “Ku Shun Seng” in Chinese naming format. He came from Guandong province in his early teenage years around 1860. He first stayed in Chanthaburi for a while, moved to Bangkok and then to Chiang Mai for

the

CHALLENGES TO COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN INDONESIA Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) incorporates a range of policy responses aimed at countering terrorism, which, as the name implies, essentially focus on preventative measures.Beginning as a domestic response to terrorism in Western states, today CVE incorporates a broader range of actors than ever before, as states and societies are confronted with new threats and sources of conflict. HOME - NEW MANDALAFIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS: THE WOMEN FACING CONFLICT AND COVID-19 IN RAKHINE STATEDIANTY NINGRUM THAILAND AT NEW MANDALA. Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul have analysed the stunning rise and fall of this party in their co-authored book. Large COVID outbreaks in prisons are only a part of a bigger problem in terms of the state overlooking the welfare of prisoners. LETTER TO CORONAVIRUS On the 24th of March Dadolin Murak responded to ominous news that an individual in Timor-Leste had been diagnosed with with Corona Virus by penning a ‘letter to COVID-19’ and posting it on Facebook. Although there have, as of the 14th of April, been only four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in in Timor-Leste far more are suspected. The national leadership remains wrought by a protracted SMILING TO FIGHT: WAITING OUT THE PANDEMIC IN LAOS Smiling to fight: Waiting out the pandemic in Laos. Rob Cole - 10 Mar, 2021. In Laos, the impacts of COVID-19 on human mobility are starkest in two aspects: migrant labour and tourism. The former provides vital income for many rural households, and the latter is the economic lifeblood of popular destinations like Luang Prabang. THAILAND - NEW MANDALA Thailand Unsettled #3: Political Deadlock (with Jatuporn Prompan and Suriyasai Katasila) Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan and former yellow-shirt leader Suriyasai Katasila agree—pessimistically—that Thailand's coming elections are merely one stage in a cycle of political instability. New Mandala and Prachatai 09 Mar, 2019. THE IMPACT OF THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT’S CRACKDOWN ON The impact of the Indonesian government’s crackdown on Islamists. Afifur Rochman Sya’rani - 07 Jan, 2021. The Indonesian government has officially banned the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) through a joint ministerial decree (SKB) on 30 December 2020. It lists six reasons for the ban. INFILTRATING SOCIETY: THE THAI MILITARY’S INTERNAL Militaries around the world use infiltration tactics to gain advantages over their enemies. The Thai military is no exception—but with one distinct difference. The Thai military does not want advantages in the battlefield, but in the political arena. Moreover, the enemies are not foreign nation-states, but the very Thai people themselves. In Infiltrating Society: The AMBÁG AND BAYANIHAN: THE COMMUNAL VALUES OF PHILIPPINE Ambág and Bayanihan: The Communal Values of Philippine Populism. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, developing countries like the Philippines struggle to maintain economic stability and social order. Under forced quarantine, many Filipinos, especially informal settlers and impoverished households in urban areas are experiencing hunger HOW THE KHMER ROUGE DEHUMANISED THEIR "ENEMIES" In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge demonstrated how an aesthetic vision can quickly degenerate into a society devoid of the traits of humanity. As a result, we should be particularly wary of regimes that employ such remedial, exclusionary rhetoric, because of the inherent dangers its implementation may portend. Fionn Travers-Smith is a history THE SHINAWATRA FAMILY TREE The first ancestor of the Shinawatra family is “Seng Sae Ku” (р╣Ар╕кр╣Зр╕З р╣Бр╕Лр╣Ир╕Др╕╣) or “Ku Shun Seng” in Chinese naming format. He came from Guandong province in his early teenage years around 1860. He first stayed in Chanthaburi for a while, moved to Bangkok and then to Chiang Mai for

the

CHALLENGES TO COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN INDONESIA Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) incorporates a range of policy responses aimed at countering terrorism, which, as the name implies, essentially focus on preventative measures.Beginning as a domestic response to terrorism in Western states, today CVE incorporates a broader range of actors than ever before, as states and societies are confronted with new threats and sources of conflict. NEW FRIENDS, OLD ENEMIES: POLITICS OF ETHNIC ARMED Myanmar is still in turmoil with more than eight hundred civilian deaths and five thousand imprisoned since the military (Tatmadaw) overthrew a democratically elected government on 1 February. After the evaporation of dialogue and political solutions, the role of IMAGE 5 - NEW MANDALA In conjunction with the Myanmar Research Centre, New Mandala presents a series of articles examining Myanmar's twin crises of 2020-2021: coping with a global Coronavirus pandemic in the midst of the abrubt end to democracy in the state. REMEMBERING MARTIAL LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES: EDUCATION AND Remembering martial law in the Philippines: Education and media. Franz Santos - 02 Oct, 2020. Every September, the Philippines remembers one of the darkest chapters in its history when the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. Remembering Martial Law in the Philippines has always been a challenge. THE MALADY OF IGNORANCE? INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT DURING THE The State fund budget re-allocation in 2020 increased to IDR 62.3 trillion (US$ 3.9 billion), from the initially-planned value of IDR 23 trillion (US$ 1.2 billion). In addition, Indonesia faces problems of political representation. Indonesian electoral politics is widely known to operate on a personal ity level, rather than an institutional

one.

INDONESIA IS NO SAVIOUR: AGAINST NORMALISATION WITH ISRAEL Indonesia is no saviour: against normalisation with Israel. Recent reports of potential normalisation between Indonesia and Israel have received varied reactions in the respective countries. In his three-month marathon toward normalization, U.S. President Donald Trump has persuaded four Arab countries to open diplomatic relations with

Israel.

VIETNAM'S PUBLIC LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM: A MEANS OF Vietnam’s public loudspeaker system: a means of communication to combat COVID-19. Toan Dang - 29 Jun, 2020. Vietnam stood as one of the most vulnerable countries for virus spread in the early months of 2020, as the COVID-19 outbreak gripped Wuhan. It shares a 1,500 km border with southern China and is a developing country with a

population of

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DUTERTE’S PLAN TO REVIVE PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY Duterte is convinced that rewriting the rules, and redesigning the country’s institutions, are critical to achieving meaningful change for all Filipinos. The 2016 elections marked a critical point in the history of Philippine democracy. Political maverick and former city mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency with a plurality of more than HOW THE KHMER ROUGE DEHUMANISED THEIR "ENEMIES" Photo courtesy of Akshay Mahajan (Creative Commons licence) After a long period of relative silence, the most tragic period in Cambodia’s history has experienced a renaissance of interest. Spurred by the ongoing tribunal and a slew of excellent films including Enemies of the People, Lost Loves and Brother Number One, this attention demonstrates the continuing CHALLENGES TO COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN INDONESIA Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) incorporates a range of policy responses aimed at countering terrorism, which, as the name implies, essentially focus on preventative measures.Beginning as a domestic response to terrorism in Western states, today CVE incorporates a broader range of actors than ever before, as states and societies are confronted with new threats and sources of conflict. HOME - NEW MANDALAFIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS: THE WOMEN FACING CONFLICT AND COVID-19 IN RAKHINE STATEDIANTY NINGRUM THAILAND AT NEW MANDALA. Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul have analysed the stunning rise and fall of this party in their co-authored book. Large COVID outbreaks in prisons are only a part of a bigger problem in terms of the state overlooking the welfare of prisoners. LETTER TO CORONAVIRUS On the 24th of March Dadolin Murak responded to ominous news that an individual in Timor-Leste had been diagnosed with with Corona Virus by penning a ‘letter to COVID-19’ and posting it on Facebook. Although there have, as of the 14th of April, been only four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in in Timor-Leste far more are suspected. The national leadership remains wrought by a protracted THAILAND - NEW MANDALA Thailand Unsettled #3: Political Deadlock (with Jatuporn Prompan and Suriyasai Katasila) Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan and former yellow-shirt leader Suriyasai Katasila agree—pessimistically—that Thailand's coming elections are merely one stage in a cycle of political instability. New Mandala and Prachatai 09 Mar, 2019. REMEMBERING MARTIAL LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES: EDUCATION AND Remembering martial law in the Philippines: Education and media. Franz Santos - 02 Oct, 2020. Every September, the Philippines remembers one of the darkest chapters in its history when the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. Remembering Martial Law in the Philippines has always been a challenge. INFILTRATING SOCIETY: THE THAI MILITARY’S INTERNAL Militaries around the world use infiltration tactics to gain advantages over their enemies. The Thai military is no exception—but with one distinct difference. The Thai military does not want advantages in the battlefield, but in the political arena. Moreover, the enemies are not foreign nation-states, but the very Thai people themselves. In Infiltrating Society: The DUTERTE’S PLAN TO REVIVE PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY Duterte is convinced that rewriting the rules, and redesigning the country’s institutions, are critical to achieving meaningful change for all Filipinos. The 2016 elections marked a critical point in the history of Philippine democracy. Political maverick and former city mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency with a plurality of more than WHAT’S DRIVING INDONESIA’S MORAL TURN? The single most obvious driver of Indonesia’s moral turn is the increasing power and influence of conservative Islam. But other drivers are enabling the amplification of Islam. Indeed in many cases these other drivers are using Islam to meet their own illiberal ends. Below I provide brief discussion of four broad drivers. THE POOR KNOW THEY’RE POOR: THE ROLES OF SHAME AND STIGMASEE MORE ON

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THE BENEFITS OF MUD HOUSES Mud housing projects coupled with solar panels and mini hydro systems to produce a source of electricity, allow the village to improve their standard of living with the need to be connected to the main electricity grid. Water can also be harvested from the NOT THE EMPEROR’S, NOT THE KING’S, BUT THE STRAITS CHINESE Not the Emperor’s, not the King’s, but the Straits Chinese. Ann Ang - 07 Nov, 2019. The term “Chinese” is a capacious construct, referring today to political nation-states, an ethnic diaspora and a culture at once exported, exoticised and localised. When the British East India company established Penang, Malacca, Singapore and Dinding HOME - NEW MANDALAFIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS: THE WOMEN FACING CONFLICT AND COVID-19 IN RAKHINE STATEDIANTY NINGRUM THAILAND AT NEW MANDALA. Duncan McCargo and Anyarat Chattharakul have analysed the stunning rise and fall of this party in their co-authored book. Large COVID outbreaks in prisons are only a part of a bigger problem in terms of the state overlooking the welfare of prisoners. LETTER TO CORONAVIRUS On the 24th of March Dadolin Murak responded to ominous news that an individual in Timor-Leste had been diagnosed with with Corona Virus by penning a ‘letter to COVID-19’ and posting it on Facebook. Although there have, as of the 14th of April, been only four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in in Timor-Leste far more are suspected. The national leadership remains wrought by a protracted THAILAND - NEW MANDALA Thailand Unsettled #3: Political Deadlock (with Jatuporn Prompan and Suriyasai Katasila) Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan and former yellow-shirt leader Suriyasai Katasila agree—pessimistically—that Thailand's coming elections are merely one stage in a cycle of political instability. New Mandala and Prachatai 09 Mar, 2019. REMEMBERING MARTIAL LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES: EDUCATION AND Remembering martial law in the Philippines: Education and media. Franz Santos - 02 Oct, 2020. Every September, the Philippines remembers one of the darkest chapters in its history when the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. Remembering Martial Law in the Philippines has always been a challenge. INFILTRATING SOCIETY: THE THAI MILITARY’S INTERNAL Militaries around the world use infiltration tactics to gain advantages over their enemies. The Thai military is no exception—but with one distinct difference. The Thai military does not want advantages in the battlefield, but in the political arena. Moreover, the enemies are not foreign nation-states, but the very Thai people themselves. In Infiltrating Society: The DUTERTE’S PLAN TO REVIVE PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY Duterte is convinced that rewriting the rules, and redesigning the country’s institutions, are critical to achieving meaningful change for all Filipinos. The 2016 elections marked a critical point in the history of Philippine democracy. Political maverick and former city mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency with a plurality of more than WHAT’S DRIVING INDONESIA’S MORAL TURN? The single most obvious driver of Indonesia’s moral turn is the increasing power and influence of conservative Islam. But other drivers are enabling the amplification of Islam. Indeed in many cases these other drivers are using Islam to meet their own illiberal ends. Below I provide brief discussion of four broad drivers. THE POOR KNOW THEY’RE POOR: THE ROLES OF SHAME AND STIGMASEE MORE ON

NEWMANDALA.ORG

THE BENEFITS OF MUD HOUSES Mud housing projects coupled with solar panels and mini hydro systems to produce a source of electricity, allow the village to improve their standard of living with the need to be connected to the main electricity grid. Water can also be harvested from the NOT THE EMPEROR’S, NOT THE KING’S, BUT THE STRAITS CHINESE Not the Emperor’s, not the King’s, but the Straits Chinese. Ann Ang - 07 Nov, 2019. The term “Chinese” is a capacious construct, referring today to political nation-states, an ethnic diaspora and a culture at once exported, exoticised and localised. When the British East India company established Penang, Malacca, Singapore and Dinding IN LIMBO: MIGRANT WORKERS STRUGGLE WITH THE MYANMAR COUP 1 day ago · There are estimated 500,000 Myanmar workers whose passport documents will expire by July 2021. Migrants have to renew their documents with the Myanmar embassy but have been unable to reach embassy officials. In March 2021, the Myanmar and Thai governments agreed to open three centers to issue identity documents so workers can legally stay in Thailand. THE CHANGING FACE OF FAKE NEWS Fake news has many faces. In the United States, fake news looks like its President, the commander-in-chief who manufactures truths in tweet. In China, fake news takes the form of the fifty-cent party, an army of ordinary citizens paid to divert public attention and post comments favourable to the state. NEW FRIENDS, OLD ENEMIES: POLITICS OF ETHNIC ARMED Myanmar is still in turmoil with more than eight hundred civilian deaths and five thousand imprisoned since the military (Tatmadaw) overthrew a democratically elected government on 1 February. After the evaporation of dialogue and political solutions, the role of GAMEPLAY FOR GOOD: GAMIFIED CROWDSOURCING FOR BETTER We have seen significant transformation backed by digital innovation in Southeast Asia. Driven by growing disposable incomes and an abundance of affordable devices, the number of netizens is surging and the digital economy is rapidly expanding. From Learning and Development (L&D) programs to WITHOUT SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, INDONESIA RISKS POLITICAL Without social safety nets, Indonesia risks political instability over COVID-19. Jeffrey Neilson - 22 Apr, 2020. Indonesia’s political leadership was slow to respond to COVID-19, and for a long while denied the virus had even entered the country based upon a sparse testing regime at a time when the contrary was already inevitable. AMBÁG AND BAYANIHAN: THE COMMUNAL VALUES OF PHILIPPINE Ambág and Bayanihan: The Communal Values of Philippine Populism. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, developing countries like the Philippines struggle to maintain economic stability and social order. Under forced quarantine, many Filipinos, especially informal settlers and impoverished households in urban areas are experiencing hunger SALAI SAMUEL HMUNG, AUTHOR AT NEW MANDALA Salai Samuel Hmung is a research officer of the SEARBO project. He received his Master of Political Science (Advanced) from the Australian National University’s Coral Bell School of Asia and Pacific Affairs. His master thesis applied an original power-sharing

framework to

ROISAI WONGSUBAN, AUTHOR AT NEW MANDALA Roisai Wongsuban has been a Migration Rights Advocate in Thailand for the past decade. Roisai has used strategic, deliberate and rational approaches to building coalitions for policy reform and enforcement on litigation of trafficking cases, universal birth registration, education for all, immigration management and other policy

initiatives.

PICTURE2 - NEW MANDALA In conjunction with the Myanmar Research Centre, New Mandala presents a series of articles examining Myanmar's twin crises of 2020-2021: coping with a global Coronavirus pandemic in the midst of the abrubt end to democracy in the state. NEW FRIENDS, OLD ENEMIES: POLITICS OF ETHNIC ARMED New friends, old enemies: Politics of Ethnic Armed Organisations after the Myanmar Coup Policy Briefing – SEARBO Prepared by Samuel Hmung,, Coral Bell School of Asia New perspectives on Southeast Asia

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20 November, 2020

GOVERNING A PANDEMIC: CENTRE-REGIONAL RELATIONS AND INDONESIA’S

COVID-19 RESPONSE

CHRIS MORRIS

The current arrangements served to slow initial local responses to the pandemic without a corresponding payoff.

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SARAWAK STATE ELECTIONS: TESTING THE TIMES Conventional wisdom supports an incumbent win, but will GPS face any serious opposition as they take state nationalism to the polls?

James Chin 19 Nov,

2020

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SOUTHEAST ASIAN RESEARCHER LOOKING AT GENDER & SEXUALITY? NEW MANDALA

IS LOOKING FOR YOU.

Funded by the ANU Gender Institute, NM's latest project offers workshops in developing a short video using readily available devices like smart phones and laptops. New Mandala 18 Nov,

2020

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THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MONKS JOINING THAILAND’S PROTESTS "The protesting monks question the Sangha Council’s silence toward radical right-wing monks but relentless effort to suppress democratically minded ones." Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang

16 Nov, 2020

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THE ROLE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD LEADERS IN INDONESIA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE Neighbourhood leaders enjoy high levels of public trust but concerns about legitimacy and conflict limit the extent to which they can implement COVID-19 restrictions. Sana Jaffrey 17 Nov,

2020

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WHAT IS NEW IN THE OLD PATTERN OF INDONESIA’S STUDENT MOVEMENT? Novel phenomena emerge as students find common ground with workers, but there are risks.

Muhammad Ridha 13

Nov, 2020

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POLICY AND POLITICS IN INDONESIA VISIT THE INDONESIA HOME PAGE __ INDONESIA’S OMNIBUS LAW IS A BUST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Trade unions and human rights groups believe the law is in fact no more than an attempt by the nation’s oligarchs to roll back

political reform.

Usman Hamid and Ary Hermawan

09 Oct, 2020

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ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA: TOLERANCE WITHOUT LIBERALISM REVIEWER: Ahmad Fuad Fanani Cambridge University Press, 2016

09 Oct, 2020

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THE CONTROVERSIAL DAWN OF THE INDONESIAN NATIONAL DISABILITY

COMMISSION

A split has emerged in the Indonesian disability rights movement over the new Komite Nasional Disabilitas. Antoni Tsaputra and Thushara Dibley

27 Aug, 2020

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INDONESIA AT NEW MANDALA * Governing a pandemic: centre-regional relations and Indonesia’s

COVID-19 response

ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO

The current arrangements served to slow initial local responses to the pandemic without a corresponding payoff. * The role of neighbourhood leaders in Indonesia’s COVID-19

response

ABOUT 6 DAYS AGO

Neighbourhood leaders enjoy high levels of public trust but concerns about legitimacy and conflict limit the extent to which they can implement COVID-19 restrictions. * What is new in the old pattern of Indonesia’s student movement?

ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO

Novel phenomena emerge as students find common ground with workers, but there are risks. * Eviction and urban resistance in Bandung

ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO

An urban development program has supported a boom in commercial property construction and displaced poor urban communities, sparking an upsurge in resistance * Incumbents with attitude in Indonesia’s local elections

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO

Incumbents at the local level can be an obstacle to the political plans of wealthy and well-connected players, even in uncontested

elections.

REVOLUTION FROM THE KITCHEN: WOMEN AND ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO

COVID-19

Alia Swastika

The kitchen has become a centre of social solidarity from which women are making invaluable contributions to the COVID-response.

26 Oct, 2020

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DIVISION AND UNITY: ANTICIPATING THE REGIME’S RESPONSE TO THAILAND’S PROTESTS

James L Taylor

Pro-democracy groups have taken to the streets in the past, only to see agents provocateurs and royalist reactionaries mobilised to generate confrontation and violence.

27 Oct, 2020

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THAILAND AT NEW MANDALA * The pro-democracy monks joining Thailand’s protests

ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO

"The protesting monks question the Sangha Council’s silence toward radical right-wing monks but relentless effort to suppress democratically minded ones." * Thailand’s protests and preventing a ‘second 6 October’

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO

The rising wave of peaceful protests in Thailand has reached a critical juncture where the state’s response will determine whether another event of mass bloodshed is written into Thai history. * Division and unity: anticipating the regime’s response to Thailand’s protests

ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO

Pro-democracy groups have taken to the streets in the past, only to see agents provocateurs and royalist reactionaries mobilised to generate confrontation and violence. * Thailand’s network monarchy revisited

ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO

Monarchy network data revealed through Yoshinori Nishizaki’s research explains one of the pivotal moments in modern Thai history, writes Craig Reynolds. * Corruption and power plays in the Royal Thai Navy’s new

leadership

ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO

In the wake of the annual military reshuffle, the dominant faction in the Royal Thai Navy is facing a juncture due to two recent corruption

scandals.

SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING COVID-19 * Governing a pandemic: centre-regional relations and Indonesia’s

COVID-19 response

ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO

The current arrangements served to slow initial local responses to the pandemic without a corresponding payoff. * The role of neighbourhood leaders in Indonesia’s COVID-19

response

ABOUT 6 DAYS AGO

Neighbourhood leaders enjoy high levels of public trust but concerns about legitimacy and conflict limit the extent to which they can implement COVID-19 restrictions. * Gendering Indonesia’s responses to COVID-19: Preliminary

thoughts

ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO

The approach used in the creation of these policies ignores that women may face more difficulty in accessing the promised benefits. * Disrupting pathways: What awaits rural youth forced home by

COVID-19?

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO

An influx of new ideas might boost rural and coastal sectors, but unemployment looms large too. * Moral economies: the politics of donation in Thailand under

COVID-19

ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO

During the pandemic, “immodest” or ungrateful receiving by the poor has been strongly denounced both by the state and middle-class

donors.

LAUNCHING: SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

Elly Kent

Our new series looks at coronavirus in Southeast Asia through diverse lens, and invites authors and readers to reflect and speculate on what we can learn from this crisis and all it brings.

15 Apr, 2020

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MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE & BRUNEI NATIONAL HARMONY: RACE, POLITICS AND CAMPAIGNING IN MALAYSIA A new report analyses debates around social cohesion and a failed proposal for a National Harmony Commission in Malaysia in light of Pakatan Harapan's collapse Amrita Malhi 22 Oct, 2020

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ALTERNATIVE VISIONS FOR MALAYSIA REQUIRES COMBATING POLITICAL

CLIENTELISM

Ross Tapsell reviews a new book on Malaysian politics ahead of the ANU Malaysia Update 2020 “Alternative Visions for Malaysia”. Ross Tapsell 14 Oct,

2020

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CREATING LAND IN THE SEA: THE QUEST FOR GREATER STATE AUTONOMY IN

MALAYSIA

Land reclamation initiatives seek to side-step national regimes which had previously constrained the autonomy of local governments. Kheng Koon Ng 15 Oct,

2020

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THE PHILIPPINES

VISIT THE PHILIPPINES HOME PAGE __ REMEMBERING MARTIAL LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES: EDUCATION AND MEDIA Stay at home orders are opening up opportunities for critical thinking and teaching on history. Franz Santos 02 Oct,

2020

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ENCOURAGING ABUSE: FOREIGN TERRORIST DESIGNATIONS OF THE CPP/NPA International terrorist designations are fuel for Duterte's war on communist organisations.

Cameron Walker 17

Sep, 2020

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SURVIVING OR THRIVING? COVID-19 AND VIOLENT NON-STATE ACTORS IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES Data analysis strongly suggests correlations between COVID-19 and the commission of political violence, but the causal mechanisms driving these trends are less clear. Luke Lischin 09 Sep,

2020

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CAMBODIA

VISIT THE CAMBODIA HOME PAGE __ THE CAMBODIA DILEMMA: FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN TENSION Instead of implementing tough trade restriction measures that affect ordinary Cambodians, the EU and US should reconsider its approach to engaging Cambodia on human rights. Kimkong Heng 01 Sep,

2020

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RUPTURE—HYDROPOWER DAMS IN CAMBODIA AS “ENGINES OF EXTRACTION” Hydropower dams in Cambodia generate extensive processes of commodification and extraction, feeding the country’s vast shadow

economy.

Sango Mahanty & Sarah Milne

03 Aug, 2020

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LAND, EMOTIONS AND THE DURABILITY OF POWER IN CAMBODIA ដីធ្លី, អារម្មណ៍, និងថាវរកម្មនៃអំណាចនៅកម្ពុជា Alice Beban-France 25

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MYANMAR

VISIT THE MYANMAR HOME PAGE __ MYANMAR’S ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS: THE CHALLENGES OF

MONITORING

In 2020 the role of the Union Election Commission and election monitoring seems increasingly politicised. Su Mon Thant & Nicholas Ross

30 Sep, 2020

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MYANMAR VOTES 2020: THE COVID ELECTION Myanmar must face its second competitive election in the context of a global recession and under the shadow of a ruthless pandemic.

Nicholas Ross 26

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SECURING A FAIR ELECTION IN RAKHINE’S CONFLICT ZONES As the Arakan Army’s armed struggle appears increasingly attractive to young voters, Myanmar’s democracy cannot afford the appearance of another false promise.

Khin Khin Mra 13

Oct, 2020

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OTHER COUNTRIES & TOPICS “SONG LANG”: A STORY OF ART, LOVE AND LIFE IN POST-WAR SAIGON Song Lang is a film neither about cải lương nor Saigon. It is a film about the city's people, their connections and how relationships shape their selves and life paths.

Le Hoang Anh Thu

08 Oct, 2020

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EMERGING DYNAMICS AMONG SOUTHEAST ASIA’S NEPALI DIASPORA Associations and the polyvocality of social media can bring to fore diverse meanings of being in the diaspora Binit Gurung 25 Sep,

2020

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CONSERVATION OF TIMOR-LESTE’S WORLD-CLASS MARINE ECOLOGY IS NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY Teeming with the greatest fish species biodiversity on the planet, these seas are under threat from large and small scale illegal fishing compounded by lax law enforcement. Jake Lasi 03 Sep, 2020

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HUMAN RIGHTS AND HERITAGE SITES IN MYANMAR: AN IRRECONCILABLE JUXTAPOSITION OR A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION?

Natali Pearson

What does world heritage inscription means in a country where human rights abuses are ongoing.

07 Jan, 2020

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PERSPECTIVES ON THE PAST * Was Majapahit really an empire?

ABOUT 11

MONTHS AGO

A critical reflection on the emergence, dominance and legacy of Java’s historic ‘empire’. * Human rights and heritage sites in Myanmar: An irreconcilable juxtaposition or a productive conversation?

ABOUT 11 MONTHS AGO

What does world heritage inscription means in a country where human rights abuses are ongoing. * Not the Emperor’s, not the King’s, but the Straits Chinese

ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO

Ann Ang discusses the historical context, origins and identity of the

Straits Chinese.

* The medieval tropics

ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO

Medieval artefacts and manuscripts are explored by Alex West to give insight on the deep past of Southeast Asia. * Disappearing Japan: Vajiravudh’s translations of The Mikado and the Thai elite’s admiration of Japan

ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO

On what translation can tell us about Thai society and its perspectives on its regional neighbours.

BOOK REVIEWS

ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA: TOLERANCE WITHOUT LIBERALISM REVIEWER: Ahmad Fuad Fanani Cambridge University Press, 2016

09 Oct, 2020

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ALL OF US: A HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA (2000) REVIEWER: Glen Barclay

Angus & Robertson

14 Jul, 2020

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EATING CHILLI CRAB IN THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWER: Belicia Teo

Ethos Books

16 Sep, 2020

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