After the 1962 coup in Myanmar (then known as Burma), one of the first steps taken by General Ne Win was to “revamp and reorganise” the country’s military intelligence apparatus. According to the ...

Andrew Selth is an Adjunct Professor at the Griffith Asia Institute in Brisbane, Australia, and author of "Secrets and Power in Myanmar: Intelligence and the Fall of General Khin Nyunt" (ISEAS ...

The past month has seen the furious return of Rodrigo Duterte, who was summoned by the Philippine Congress to answer for the brutal excesses of his “drug war.” Across two subcommittee hearings, the ...

Patrick Peralta is a PhD student at the University of Michigan’s Department of Political Science and a Visiting Scholar at Ateneo de Manila University’s Center for Asian Studies. Michael Tiu, Jr. is ...

Clive Kessler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is the author of Islam and Politics in a Malay State: Kelantan 1838-1969 (Cornell U.P ...

Liam Gammon is the editor of New Mandala and Research Fellow at the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research at the Australian National University (ANU), where he also sits on the editorial board of ...

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 ...

Edoardo Siani is an anthropologist who writes about Buddhist cosmology and power in contemporary Thailand. Based in Bangkok since 2002, he received his PhD in anthropology and sociology from SOAS, ...

Ng Yap Hwa is a trade unionist and human rights activist based in Malaysia. His research interests are trade unionism in South East Asia, social justice and freedom from torture. He is the founder and ...

Dr Amrita Malhi is a historian at Flinders and The Australian National University; and a senior policy adviser in international development. Her previous writing on Malaysian politics for New Mandala ...

Nick Nostitz lived and worked in Thailand for 23 years as a photojournalist and writer, and has contributed extensively to New Mandala’s coverage of Thai political life and conflict since 2008. His ...

Dyah Ayu Kartika (Kathy) is an analyst for the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) Jakarta. Prior to that, she worked as researcher for The Center for The Study of Religion and Democracy ...