NEW via academia.sg: Singapore's HDB scheme has come to fuel class and intergenerational inequalities, writes Chua Beng Huat. newmandala.org/singapores-hdb…

NEW via academia.sg: Singapore's HDB scheme has come to fuel class and intergenerational inequalities, writes Chua Beng Huat. newmandala.org/singapores-hdb…

Very excited about this new initiative! The ANU Indonesia Institute will be hosting visiting scholars from Indonesia and linking them with ANU College of Asia and the Pacific academic mentors. Scholars based in Indonesia, with financial support from their home institution, are welcome to apply.

NEW: Stephen Sherlock argues that Indonesia's 2024 legislative election results suggest that identity and patronage are playing a part in stabilising a “two-track” party system. newmandala.org/continuity-was…

NEW: Stephen Sherlock argues that Indonesia's 2024 legislative election results suggest that identity and patronage are playing a part in stabilising a “two-track” party system. newmandala.org/continuity-was…

Thought provoking and impassioned piece by Prof Angie Tran on the structural violence in Vietnam-Saudi Arabia economic migration newmandala.org/vietnams-labou… via New Mandala

The ANU Indonesia Institute is now on Twitter! Follow us for updates on ANU's huge range of activities, programs, and research on Indonesia!

NEW: 'Vietnam’s labour brokerage state enables worker abuse in Saudi Arabia' by Angie Ngoc Tran—The Vietnamese government has failed to take long-overdue steps to help workers know and claim their rights: newmandala.org/vietnams-labou…

Join us next Tuesday for this online panel with Sana Jaffrey Edward Aspinall & Marcus Mietzner. We'll examine Indonesia's elections and the country's broader political trajectory. Register here: anu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Download our data! We have been surveying Indonesian voters every week for the past three months and will continue to do so for the next ten months.

Amazing resource on Indonesian public opinion around elections: 'weekly online surveys..... for a total of 58 weeks, from 27 November 2023 to 5 January 2025.' Kudos to the authors Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo and Nick Kuipers for offering to share data with public!

NEW: Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo and Nick Kuipers introduce HI-RES SIKAP, a new online survey that allows researchers to examine short-term shifts in Indonesian public opinion: newmandala.org/introducing-th…

I invite you to read my latest piece, published by New Mandala, on the forgetting of the 1945 Battle of Manila. How could the most devastating event in Manila's wartime experience be relegated to the margins of memory?newmandala.org/forgetting-the…

📢 Check out Andrew Selth's thought-provoking article on #Myanmar and the intriguing dynamics of its political landscape as he explores the intersection of politics and the 'second oldest profession.' #Myanmar Politics #PoliticalAnalysis
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NEW: 'Forgetting the Battle of Manila' by Lee Candelaria—Why does one of the Philippines’ most traumatic wartime experiences loom small in commemorations of WW2? newmandala.org/forgetting-the…

NEW: A look back at the history of spying under the Burmese Kings and colonial rule shows how Myanmar has always been an espionage state, writes Andrew Selth: newmandala.org/myanmar-and-th…

NEW: 'TITEN: a new phase of Biennale Jogja'—Asep Topan writes that missed opportunities were on display at the latest iteration of one of Indonesia's premier art events newmandala.org/titen-a-new-ph…

Great analysis of Indonesia’s presidential polls from earlier this month 🇮🇩👇🏻

Explaining the Prabowo landslide - New Mandala shar.es/agrZyz via New Mandala

Good critique of Jokowi’s decisive - and damaging - intervention to ensure a strong Prabowo win. newmandala.org/explaining-the…

“In a country where provincial and municipal govts are littered with dynastic figures, most voters remained unconcerned about Gibran’s sudden entry into the presidential race. Jokowi’s popularity also made the two rival candidates wary of attacking him…”newmandala.org/explaining-the…