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14 February, 2017

Prayer, peace and protest in Jakarta

Ray Yen

Images from inside Indonesia's latest mass mobilisation to defend Islam.

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Ethnicity and Jakarta’s election

Survey experiment shows that Ahok's Chinese background matters most to voters.

The head vs the heart in the case against Ahok

It's not just justice at stake, writes Esther Kuntjara.

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Stone dragging and politics in Sumba

Reviving an old burial tradition worrying for local democracy.

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Lifting the shadows on a secret war

Hunter Marston reviews Josh Kurlantzick's newly published study of the CIA's covert military operations in Laos.

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Anlong Veng calling

Reconciliation and remembrance in the Khmer Rouge’s last stronghold.

Photo: Bay Ismoyo /AFP

Show us the money (and other stuff)

Social transfers and distributive politics in the race to be Jakarta's next governor.

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Assessing Indonesia’s new decree on refugees

New policy tackles long overlooked challenge.

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Loneliness and love under Thailand’s junta 

Tightening the grip on Thais’ hearts and minds.

Optimism and despair in Myanmar

Obstacles remain as Aung San Suu Kyi enters second year in power.

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Comparative peacebuilding conference series calls for abstracts

Expressions of interest due by 24 February 2017.

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A sunset for Greater Sunrise?

Terminated treaties and a standoff in the Timor Sea.

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The changing power of rumours

Fake news and online liberalism in the Philippines.

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A great place to have a war

How America’s secret war in Laos gave rise to a military CIA.

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Technology and transformed governance in Indonesia

Opening government through open communication channels.

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Legacies matter in 2017 Myanmar

Gerard McCarthy reviews Marie Lall's Understanding reform in Myanmar.

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Of Whigs and dams

'Watershed' moments and marches to democracy.

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To kill Papuan youth

Unsolved murders and the role of security forces in Indonesia's troubled region.

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Brewing anew in Burma

Raising a glass to the country's first craft beer brewery.

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A personal tribute to U Ko Ni

Melissa Crouch reflects on the life and legacy of Myanmar’s legal voice of conscience.