The characterisation of China as a “passive Black Knight” makes sense of this apparent dichotomy. While China will shore up ...

The author is a student at the Australian National University.

Dr Nicholas Farrelly is the co-founder of New Mandala. A graduate of the Australian National University and the University of Oxford, over the past 20 years he has undertaken research in Thailand, ...

On Friday 28 March at 5:40pm in Australia, I received a Telegram message from my mother, back home in Yangon, in our family chat. She said “Hi”, and I responded back, “hello”. The next message was, ...

A recent report has touted the economic contributions of Grab and its related activities at nearly RM10 billion, or 0.5% of Malaysia’s GDP, in 2023. The foreword by Malaysia’s Minister of Digital ...

Greg Lopez is a research fellow at Murdoch University Executive Education Centre and New MandalaтАЩs Malaysia and Singapore section editor.

Critical perspectives on the challenges facing civil society amid Southeast Asia's crisis of democracy.

Emirza Adi Syailendra is currently completing his PhD at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. Indonesia’s decision to ...

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.