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 ...

Akanit Horatanakun is a PhD candidate in political science at McGill University. His research examines how historical, dynamic relationships between social movements and political parties shape the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mark Inkey interviews Sunai Julapongsatorn, a leader of the pro-government mobilisation underway across parts of Thailand ...

Phacharaphorn Phanomvan is a DPhil student in Economic History at the University of Oxford. She specialises in pre-15th century CE Asian economies, and urbanisation. She holds a masters in global ...

Luke Lischin is an assistant research fellow at the National War College, Washington DC, and an independent consultant on political violence in Southeast Asia. The opinions expressed in this article ...

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.

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 ...