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 ...

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 ...

The Chinese philosopher Kong Fuzi (“Master Kong”, or “Confucius” to Western audiences) is reported to have said about 2,500 years ago that: If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with ...

Dr Cecile Medail is a senior research officer at ANU’s Myanmar Research Centre. Her research interests include democratisation, identity politics and social movements, with a specific focus on Myanmar ...

I arrive at the office of Ajan Mala, a teacher at a Public Health School in southern Laos. We grab brooms, buckets, sponges and floor cleaner and she walks ahead of me towards the student dorm. As we ...

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, ...

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 ...