New Mandala

This post is part of New Mandala’s 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.  Duncan McCargo is Professor of Southeast Asian Politics at the University of Leeds.  His interview is [...]

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This post is part of New Mandala’s 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.  Justin Wintle is the author of Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi, and [...]

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Over at Fa Deow Gan there is an extract from an interview with New Mandala co-founder, Andrew Walker.  The full Thai-language translation of the interview will be available in a forthcoming issue of their magazine.

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[Stanley A. Weiss is the Founding Chairman of Business Executives for National Security, a nonpartisan organization based in Washington, DC, and a frequent op-ed contributor to The International Herald Tribune.  In his most recent article he explored the politics of sanctions against Burma and the danger of branding sanction opponents as apologists for the regime.  His interview with Ma [...]

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The good sense of villagers in southeast Asia is regularly betrayed by the NGOs that claim to represent them.Â
Earlier this week, I was amused to read about an expected outbreak of “tree ordination” in Laos (thanks to Holly for bringing this to my attention).
Phongsaly forest ordination to preserve natural resources
Vientiane Times, 22 February 2008
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The Phongsaly Women’s Union [...]

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This post is part of New Mandala’s 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 eleventh in New Mandala’s series of discussions with prominent personalities is with Professor Janet Sturgeon from the Department [...]

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Last year’s New Mandala interview with Paul Handley, the author of The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand’s Bhumibol Adulyadej, has been recently translated by Fa Deow Gan.  I expect the translation will be of interest to many readers.

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This post is part of New Mandala’s 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 tenth in New Mandala’s series of discussions with prominent personalities is with Professor Charles Keyes, Professor Emeritus [...]

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This post is part of New Mandala’s 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 ninth in New Mandala’s series of discussions with prominent personalities is with Professor Michael Aung-Thwin, Professor of [...]

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This post is part of New Mandala’s 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 eighth in New Mandala’s series of discussions with prominent personalities is with Professor Robert Taylor.Â
Nicholas Farrelly: Professor [...]

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