New Mandala

Last night, Britain’s Channel 4 broadcasted a new documentary that follows Evan Williams on a rampaging journalistic odyssey to the heart of Burma’s current nightmare.  He calls it, “Burma’s Secret War”.  Williams sometimes draws on bravely collected evidence from other film-makers.  At considerable risk, he also personally films desperate cross-border missions in the Karen State and poses [...]

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The enthusiasm with which the new regime in Thailand has latched onto the “sufficiency economy” concept underlies its regulatory force. Over the past decade or so a number of different approaches have emerged which seek to moderate and regulate the aspirations of Thailand’s rural poor. Expressed in various elitist, royalist and activist forms these approaches have [...]

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New Mandala has received the following statement from Dr Patrick Jory who is based at the National University of Singapore. A full version of the statement, complete with detailed footnotes is available here: Jory statement on SOAS seminar.

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