While the Resistance Self-Quarantines
For years, farmers and residents caught in agrarian conflicts throughout Indonesia have faced criminalisation, brutality and murder. The mandate to co…
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Myanmar’s Delayed Reaction to the “Foreign Virus”
Myanmar was relatively slow in acknowledging the COVID-19 public health threat. The government’s early denial is poised to have wide-ranging effects…
Singapore: The Limits of a Technocratic Approach to Healthcare
The ruling elite of Singapore sees its healthcare system as the epitome of a rational, technocratic state, governed by impartial, objective criteria. …
As Residents Grapple With Smog, Vietnam Pushes Renewable Energy
As Vietnam’s economy booms, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are experiencing unprecedented levels of air pollution. What does this mean for their residen…
A Porcine Paradigm
Halal tourism has become big business in Southeast Asia in recent years. But in communities that have traditionally celebrated pigs, this initiative b…
As Flooded Forests Burn, Cambodia Dreams of Carbon Credit Cash
Cambodia’s Tonle Sap lake ecosystem has been strained by hydropower dams, drought and unprecedented forest fires. Now, surrounding flooded forests, …
Black Gold of the Sinabung Foothills
Coffee culture has uplifted coffee beans as an international commodity while also initiating a “third-wave coffee movement” that ensures free trad…
A New Islamic Populism and the Contradictions of Development
A new form of Islamic populism in Indonesia and other parts of the Muslim world articulates the rising ambitions and growing frustrations and anxietie…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Both the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Army have expressed intentions to reach a bilateral ceasefire agreement in Kachin State. But whi…
Singapore’s Malay Privileged: Affluence, Alienation and Anxieties
Negative narratives and stereotypes of Malays in Singapore have been repeatedly reproduced over the years. They've become so entrenched and internalis…
