Buddhist division and polarisation in Myanmar’s revolutionary situation – New Mandala
This post is an abridged version of an article that appears in a special edition of the Journal of Contemporary ...
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Apply for New Mandala’s Emerging Scholar Award – New Mandala
Dear readers Have you recently completed, or will you soon complete, a PhD program in the social sciences or humanities, ...
The workers paying the price for Indonesia’s nickel boom – New Mandala
On 13 June 2024, a nickel smelting furnace at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi caught fire ...
The growing contradictions of Singapore’s HDB scheme – New Mandala
This piece is co-published with AcademiaSG, a scholarly site promoting scholarship of/by/for Singapore. •••••••• Singapore’s public housing program is sui ...
Continuity was the surprise in Indonesia’s legislative elections – New Mandala
On 14 February Indonesians did not only elect a new president, but also 580 members of the parliament, the Dewan ...
Matriculating amid Myanmar’s conflict – New Mandala
Myanmar has two national-level matriculation examinations now: one administered by the Ministry of Education under the State Administration Council (SAC) ...
Indonesia’s problem of ‘proper’ masculinity – New Mandala
On 3 January 2024, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI), the state agency authorised to oversee broadcast television content in Indonesia, ...
Vietnam’s labour brokerage state enables worker abuse in Saudi Arabia – New Mandala
Ten years have passed since the signing of the Vietnam–Saudi Arabia Bilateral Labour Agreement (BLA) in 2014, which governed the ...
Introducing the HI-RES SIKAP of Indonesian voters – New Mandala
“Data! Data! Data! ― I can’t make bricks without clay,” Sherlock Holmes was described saying in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ...
Forgetting the Battle of Manila – New Mandala
On 3 February, 2024, the Manila City Government marked the 79th anniversary of the Battle of Manila with a solemn ...