Beyond the “Berkeley Mafia” A look at the rise of banker and investor technocrats in Indonesia—and how they’ve eclipsed academic economists as a key source of influence over the direction of economic ...

An ethnography of rural electrification in LaosFrom flickers to full power: when reliable electricity arrived in Banmai Scholarship on the impacts of hydroelectricity often focuses on what it destroys ...

Findings from a nationwide survey commissioned by Yangon-based NGOs Colors Rainbow and &PROUD indicate that Myanmar’s general public are in favour of greater equality for the country’s LGBT* ...

As the religion finds it harder to compete in today’s world, its becoming more hardline and seeks greater state power. The Constitutional Drafting Committee (CDC) has finally confirmed that it will ...

More than 70% of the population in Indonesia live within 100km of one or more of the country’s 130 active volcanoes—that’s a staggering 175 million people. 8.6 million Indonesians live within 10km of ...

Sea space, conflict and state building in Sulawesi In Indonesia, a boom in demand for seaweed from largely China-based industry has transformed seaweed farmers’ relationships with the sea and each ...

Reversing reformasi The narrowing field of political contestation in Indonesia is not just being driven by presidential machinations and ruling-coalition infighting—but also the inescapable ...

Literary translations between languages becomes a conscious, if not political, effort to let one another be heard within the national context.

The global success of a motorbike gang with roots in the Netherlands’ Indonesian community is indicative of the socioeconomic marginalisation of many Indonesian migrants.

Disputes that mark this pragmatic alliance should worry Islamists that Prabowo may disregard their demands.

If the next redelineation exercise does not address malapportionment, it may be the end of reconciliation efforts ...

Chin Peng, born Ong Boon Hua, 21 October 1924 to 16 September 2013 The passing of Chin Peng in Bangkok on 16 September 2013 brings to an end one of the longest of Asian political biographies. Chin ...