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 ...

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 ...

Wasisto Raharjo Jati is a researcher at Research Center for Politics at Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and a research fellow on governance, public policy, and development ...

Trevor Wilson retired in August 2003 after more than 36 years as a member of the Australian foreign service, and after serving as Australian Ambassador to Myanmar (2000-03). Trevor is a former ...

Caitlin Hughes is a PhD Candidate in Art History and Curatorship at the University of Melbourne. She is interested in ideas of exchange and conversation in Australia-Southeast Asia art histories.

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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 ...

Hosted by the Australian National University’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, New Mandala provides anecdote, analysis, and new perspectives on Southeast Asia. Online since June 2006.

Jefferson Ng is an Associate Research Fellow, Indonesia Programme, at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His work at RSIS focuses on ...

Emilianus Yakob Sese Tolo (Emil) is a staff member of Politeknik St. Wilhelmus Boawae in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). As a New Mandala Indonesia Fellow, he is writing about development challenges ...

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 ...