Malaysia at 60: the urgency of inclusion – New Mandala
Malaysia is always full of hope and despair, all at the same time. Politics, society and culture are entangled along ...
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Sam Yan Press and publishing as activism in Thailand – New Mandala
A room in Bangkok no larger than 15m2 with three large tables, four bookshelves, and a few stacks of paper ...
Coal, recentralisation and Jambi’s traffic hell – New Mandala
Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta is notorious for being among the cities with the worst traffic congestion in the world. Yet ...
Mental health as public health in Thailand – New Mandala
When I arrived in Thailand in the 1990s and told people I worked in psychology, I was often asked the ...
The political prospects of Jokowi’s sons – New Mandala
The two sons of Indonesian President Joko Widodo are said to be plotting their political futures, as their father is ...
Review: “Thai Diplomacy” – New Mandala
Anuson Chinvanno, ed. Thai Diplomacy: In Conversation with Tej Bunnag. Bangkok: International Studies Center, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2021. 207pp. ...
Farmers, Facebook and Myanmar’s coup – New Mandala
On 1 February 2021, the day Myanmar’s military launched an early morning raid to arrest key politicians and seize political ...