On 13 February a federal court in Argentina issued arrest warrants for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, head of Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC), and Aung San Suu Kyi, the former State ...

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 ...

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, ...

Nick Cheesman’s recently published book, Myanmar: A Political Lexicon, examined particular Burmese words and phrases as they are applicable in the current sociopolitical context. It stressed the need ...

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 ...

Jacqui Baker is a Lecturer in Southeast Asian Politics and a Senior Fellow at Murdoch University’s Indo-Pacific Research Centre where her research focuses on the political economy of development in ...