This is just a short and sweet message to let you know that New Mandala is taking a break for the Australian Christmas and New Year holidays and will resume publishing after 20 January 2025. I want to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat commenced her PhD at the Australian National University’s Department of Political and Social Change in February 2015. She holds a BA in Journalism from Bangkok’s Thammasat ...

Greg Doyle is a PhD student in the School of Languages and Cultures at Sydney University. His research examines how the Australian art world understands and values Indonesian contemporary art. The ...

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 ...

Elvin Ong is a PhD graduate student in the Department of Political Science at Emory University. He can be reached at [email protected].

Mish Khan is a final-year Asian Studies and Laws honours student at the Australian National University and the 2016 New Colombo Plan fellow to Yangon. She is currently based at Yangon University and ...

Jenny Hedström is a PhD candidate at the Gender, Peace and Security Center at Monash University. Her research examines how the political economy of the household supports militarisation of non-state ...