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NEW 🇮🇩 Too big to fail, and too big to succeed, Jokowi’s new capital city eventually came to be pushed forward by little more than the former president’s need to justify its existence, writes Anders Kirstein Moeller. www.newmandala.org/nusantara-th...
Nusantara: the city that never was - New Mandala
What political project did Jokowi’s new capital embody?
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October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
NEW 🇮🇩 Too big to fail, and too big to succeed, Jokowi’s new capital city eventually came to be pushed forward by little more than the former president’s need to justify its existence, writes Anders Kirstein Moeller. www.newmandala.org/nusantara-th...
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NEW: 🇹🇭 The battle over a historic Chinese temple slated to be lost to commercial development is putting property logic against moral geography in central Bangkok, writes Ying-kit Chan.
In Bangkok, whose heritage counts? - New Mandala
The battle over Chao Mae Thapthim Shrine
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November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NEW: 🇹🇭 The battle over a historic Chinese temple slated to be lost to commercial development is putting property logic against moral geography in central Bangkok, writes Ying-kit Chan.
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NEW 🇵🇭 The political economy of kickbacks is central to why the Philippine government's strategy for coping with climate change is still too fixated on physical infrastructure, write Joseph Alegado and Cleo Calimbahin. www.newmandala.org/corruption-c...
Corruption compromises climate resilience in the Philippines - New Mandala
The allure of kickbacks limits policy
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November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEW 🇵🇭 The political economy of kickbacks is central to why the Philippine government's strategy for coping with climate change is still too fixated on physical infrastructure, write Joseph Alegado and Cleo Calimbahin. www.newmandala.org/corruption-c...
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NEW 🇮🇩 The legacies of Jokowi’s demobilisation of Islamist civil society, combined with Prabowo’s own credibility with hardliners, have given the president extensive leeway to embrace a more even-handed approach to the Israel–Palestine conflict. www.newmandala.org/why-islamist...
Why Islamists let Prabowo shift on Israel - New Mandala
Islamists have ceded influence over Indonesia’s Palestine policy
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November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 The legacies of Jokowi’s demobilisation of Islamist civil society, combined with Prabowo’s own credibility with hardliners, have given the president extensive leeway to embrace a more even-handed approach to the Israel–Palestine conflict. www.newmandala.org/why-islamist...
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NEW 🇱🇦 The Lao state treats its public health workforce as a driver of socialist modernisation—but do those workers feel the same way? www.newmandala.org/laos-nurses-...
Laos’ nurses as vanguards of public health care? - New Mandala
Reflections on public health as a modernising project
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
NEW 🇱🇦 The Lao state treats its public health workforce as a driver of socialist modernisation—but do those workers feel the same way? www.newmandala.org/laos-nurses-...
NEW 🇱🇦 The Lao state treats its public health workforce as a driver of socialist modernisation—but do those workers feel the same way? www.newmandala.org/laos-nurses-...
Laos’ nurses as vanguards of public health care? - New Mandala
Reflections on public health as a modernising project
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
NEW 🇱🇦 The Lao state treats its public health workforce as a driver of socialist modernisation—but do those workers feel the same way? www.newmandala.org/laos-nurses-...
NEW 🇮🇩 The legacies of Jokowi’s demobilisation of Islamist civil society, combined with Prabowo’s own credibility with hardliners, have given the president extensive leeway to embrace a more even-handed approach to the Israel–Palestine conflict. www.newmandala.org/why-islamist...
Why Islamists let Prabowo shift on Israel - New Mandala
Islamists have ceded influence over Indonesia’s Palestine policy
www.newmandala.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 The legacies of Jokowi’s demobilisation of Islamist civil society, combined with Prabowo’s own credibility with hardliners, have given the president extensive leeway to embrace a more even-handed approach to the Israel–Palestine conflict. www.newmandala.org/why-islamist...
NEW 🇵🇭 The political economy of kickbacks is central to why the Philippine government's strategy for coping with climate change is still too fixated on physical infrastructure, write Joseph Alegado and Cleo Calimbahin. www.newmandala.org/corruption-c...
Corruption compromises climate resilience in the Philippines - New Mandala
The allure of kickbacks limits policy
www.newmandala.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
NEW 🇵🇭 The political economy of kickbacks is central to why the Philippine government's strategy for coping with climate change is still too fixated on physical infrastructure, write Joseph Alegado and Cleo Calimbahin. www.newmandala.org/corruption-c...
NEW: 🇹🇭 The battle over a historic Chinese temple slated to be lost to commercial development is putting property logic against moral geography in central Bangkok, writes Ying-kit Chan.
In Bangkok, whose heritage counts? - New Mandala
The battle over Chao Mae Thapthim Shrine
www.newmandala.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NEW: 🇹🇭 The battle over a historic Chinese temple slated to be lost to commercial development is putting property logic against moral geography in central Bangkok, writes Ying-kit Chan.
NEW 🇮🇩 Too big to fail, and too big to succeed, Jokowi’s new capital city eventually came to be pushed forward by little more than the former president’s need to justify its existence, writes Anders Kirstein Moeller. www.newmandala.org/nusantara-th...
Nusantara: the city that never was - New Mandala
What political project did Jokowi’s new capital embody?
www.newmandala.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
NEW 🇮🇩 Too big to fail, and too big to succeed, Jokowi’s new capital city eventually came to be pushed forward by little more than the former president’s need to justify its existence, writes Anders Kirstein Moeller. www.newmandala.org/nusantara-th...
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NEW 🇵🇭 The delay to the BARMM's landmark parliamentary elections set for October 2025 is the latest in a long line of mishaps and missed opportunities that undermine local confidence in Manila’s commitment to Bangsamoro autonomy. www.newmandala.org/how-bangsamo...
How Bangsamoro’s political transition got stuck - New Mandala
Bad luck and bad judgement are undermining progress in ending the Mindanao conflict for good
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October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
NEW 🇵🇭 The delay to the BARMM's landmark parliamentary elections set for October 2025 is the latest in a long line of mishaps and missed opportunities that undermine local confidence in Manila’s commitment to Bangsamoro autonomy. www.newmandala.org/how-bangsamo...
NEW 🇵🇭 The delay to the BARMM's landmark parliamentary elections set for October 2025 is the latest in a long line of mishaps and missed opportunities that undermine local confidence in Manila’s commitment to Bangsamoro autonomy. www.newmandala.org/how-bangsamo...
How Bangsamoro’s political transition got stuck - New Mandala
Bad luck and bad judgement are undermining progress in ending the Mindanao conflict for good
www.newmandala.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
NEW 🇵🇭 The delay to the BARMM's landmark parliamentary elections set for October 2025 is the latest in a long line of mishaps and missed opportunities that undermine local confidence in Manila’s commitment to Bangsamoro autonomy. www.newmandala.org/how-bangsamo...
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NEW 🇮🇩 Caught between eviction and embrace, residents of Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city from the ground up. Part of a series supported by @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social www.newmandala.org/insurgent-pl...
Insurgent planning versus discretionary urbanism in Jakarta - New Mandala
Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city
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September 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 Caught between eviction and embrace, residents of Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city from the ground up. Part of a series supported by @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social www.newmandala.org/insurgent-pl...
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NEW 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s small but active anarchist community has become the go-to bogeyman for governments seeking to justify crackdowns. The scapegoating of anarchists has meanwhile undermined the unity and political impact of anti-oligarchic protest movements. www.newmandala.org/whos-afraid-...
Who’s afraid of a little anarchy? - New Mandala
On the makings of Indonesia’s new protest scapegoat
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September 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s small but active anarchist community has become the go-to bogeyman for governments seeking to justify crackdowns. The scapegoating of anarchists has meanwhile undermined the unity and political impact of anti-oligarchic protest movements. www.newmandala.org/whos-afraid-...
NEW 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s small but active anarchist community has become the go-to bogeyman for governments seeking to justify crackdowns. The scapegoating of anarchists has meanwhile undermined the unity and political impact of anti-oligarchic protest movements. www.newmandala.org/whos-afraid-...
Who’s afraid of a little anarchy? - New Mandala
On the makings of Indonesia’s new protest scapegoat
www.newmandala.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s small but active anarchist community has become the go-to bogeyman for governments seeking to justify crackdowns. The scapegoating of anarchists has meanwhile undermined the unity and political impact of anti-oligarchic protest movements. www.newmandala.org/whos-afraid-...
NEW 🇮🇩 Caught between eviction and embrace, residents of Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city from the ground up. Part of a series supported by @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social www.newmandala.org/insurgent-pl...
Insurgent planning versus discretionary urbanism in Jakarta - New Mandala
Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city
www.newmandala.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 Caught between eviction and embrace, residents of Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city from the ground up. Part of a series supported by @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social www.newmandala.org/insurgent-pl...
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NEW 🇮🇩 With the destruction of landmark Dutch-era buildings in August's protests, Indonesians have lost sites where they have for generations re-signified colonial remains into something simultaneously inherited and all their own, writes Noandha Dhegaska. www.newmandala.org/indonesias-h...
Indonesia’s heritage in flames - New Mandala
August’s protests destroyed beloved colonial-era buildings
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September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 With the destruction of landmark Dutch-era buildings in August's protests, Indonesians have lost sites where they have for generations re-signified colonial remains into something simultaneously inherited and all their own, writes Noandha Dhegaska. www.newmandala.org/indonesias-h...
NEW 🇮🇩 With the destruction of landmark Dutch-era buildings in August's protests, Indonesians have lost sites where they have for generations re-signified colonial remains into something simultaneously inherited and all their own, writes Noandha Dhegaska. www.newmandala.org/indonesias-h...
Indonesia’s heritage in flames - New Mandala
August’s protests destroyed beloved colonial-era buildings
www.newmandala.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 With the destruction of landmark Dutch-era buildings in August's protests, Indonesians have lost sites where they have for generations re-signified colonial remains into something simultaneously inherited and all their own, writes Noandha Dhegaska. www.newmandala.org/indonesias-h...
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NEW 🇲🇲 The post-coup conflict has repeatedly confounded bold predictions of both swift regime collapse and decisive opposition victory. For now, the grinding reality points less to liberation than to a bloody stalemate, writes Andrew Selth. www.newmandala.org/myanmar-and-...
Myanmar and the perils of prediction - New Mandala
Sound analysis requires looking the conflict’s grim realities in the face
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September 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
NEW 🇲🇲 The post-coup conflict has repeatedly confounded bold predictions of both swift regime collapse and decisive opposition victory. For now, the grinding reality points less to liberation than to a bloody stalemate, writes Andrew Selth. www.newmandala.org/myanmar-and-...
NEW 🇲🇲 The post-coup conflict has repeatedly confounded bold predictions of both swift regime collapse and decisive opposition victory. For now, the grinding reality points less to liberation than to a bloody stalemate, writes Andrew Selth. www.newmandala.org/myanmar-and-...
Myanmar and the perils of prediction - New Mandala
Sound analysis requires looking the conflict’s grim realities in the face
www.newmandala.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
NEW 🇲🇲 The post-coup conflict has repeatedly confounded bold predictions of both swift regime collapse and decisive opposition victory. For now, the grinding reality points less to liberation than to a bloody stalemate, writes Andrew Selth. www.newmandala.org/myanmar-and-...
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Great piece by Edward Aspinall discussing the ongoing protests in Indonesia (and why they are likely to keep resurfacing).
www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala
A subculture of street protest survives beyond Jokowi
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September 3, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Great piece by Edward Aspinall discussing the ongoing protests in Indonesia (and why they are likely to keep resurfacing).
www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
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NEW 🇮🇩 @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on how "August’s anti-government protests highlight the growth of a subculture of street protest in Indonesia in ways that that echo the anti-Suharto activism of the 1990s" www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala
A subculture of opposition survives the post-Jokowi politics
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September 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on how "August’s anti-government protests highlight the growth of a subculture of street protest in Indonesia in ways that that echo the anti-Suharto activism of the 1990s" www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
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"The recent protests can thus be understood as product of a clash between two worlds of Indonesian politics: the world of official representative politics and the subculture of youth protest that rejects it." NB @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on #Indonesia protests: www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala
A subculture of street protest survives beyond Jokowi
www.newmandala.org
September 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"The recent protests can thus be understood as product of a clash between two worlds of Indonesian politics: the world of official representative politics and the subculture of youth protest that rejects it." NB @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on #Indonesia protests: www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
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NEW 🇮🇩 "What [the protesters] really stand for, above all, is rejection of the entire ruling elite. And the entire ruling elite, more or less, stands united against them." @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on last week's protests and the limits of comparisons with 1998 www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala
A subculture of opposition survives beyond Jokowi
www.newmandala.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
NEW 🇮🇩 "What [the protesters] really stand for, above all, is rejection of the entire ruling elite. And the entire ruling elite, more or less, stands united against them." @edwardaspinall.bsky.social on last week's protests and the limits of comparisons with 1998 www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...