New Mandala

Over the coming months, New Mandala will continue to publish a series of interviews with academics, activists and writers who contribute to major debates in mainland Southeast Asian Studies.  These interviews are designed to probe the experiences, arguments and ideas that have helped shape the field.
The fifth in New Mandala’s series of discussions with prominent personalities is with author [...]

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The anniversary of Thailand’s sufficiency democracy coup is an appropriate day to launch the latest New Mandala initiative. Following the passage of the new constitution in the referendum of August 19 the regime has announced (though with some equivocation) that an election will be held on December 23. The conduct of this election will be [...]

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