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Issue 24

Twenty Years After Suharto: Dynastic Politics and Signs of Subnational Authoritarianism

Twenty years after Suharto was overthrown in 1998, dynastic politics has become a prominent feature of subnational politics in Indonesia. In 2013, the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs found that at least 60 political dynasties […]

Issue 23

Populism or Identity Politics: Explaining Electoral Politics in Indonesia

With the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election, followed by the increasing influence of right-wing political parties in Europe, it has become fashionable to use populism as a way to understand […]

Reviews

The Malaysian Ethnic Politics and the Ghost of Communism Past

Title: Absent Without Leave,  Director: Lau Kek Huat Hummingbird Productions, 2016 In February 2017, a documentary film titled Absent Without Leave that featured former members of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) as its main subject, was […]

Issue 22

The Staying Power of Dynastic Politicians in the Philippines

 … And How We Might Think About Reforms that Could Undermine Their Entrenchment. Elections in the Philippines are a family affair. Family dynasties control the political landscape, fielding candidates at all levels of government. The […]

Issue 21

“Scandal surfers”: Some politicians get away with outrageous behaviour

As a general rule, scandals ruin political careers. But this rule does not seem to apply to every political figure equally. Political figures who maintain an image of being virtuous, or at least civil or decent, seem […]

Special Issue

Recognizing the instrumental role of former Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe for both the establishment of the Indo-Pacific as a geopolitical concept and the development of Japanese-Southeast Asian relations, the essays in this special issue investigate the legacy of his government for the future of the region.

– Indonesia
Shinzo Abe’s Military Legacy for Indonesia: The Seed Planted for the Future
Bima Prawira Utama, PhD candidate, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

– Philippines
Philippine-Japan Relations: Friends with Benefits
Karl Ian Cheng Chua, Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

– Singapore
Japan-Singapore Relations and Shinzo Abe
Kei Koga, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

– Thailand
Japanese-Thai Relations through Two Coups: Back to Business
David M. Malitz, Senior Research Fellow, DIJ, Japan

– Vietnam
Vietnam-Japan Relations under the Abe Administration
Hoang Minh Hang, Senior Researcher, Institute of Northeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam

Trendsetters

  • Same Same – only Different: Reflections on the Squandering of American Power and Prestige

  • From Social Regulation to Social Movements: International network in organizing the ALTERSEA Conference

  • A Counter-Peace Perspective on Thailand’s Southern Conflict

  • Transgender Studies in the Kathoeis’ Community

  • Brazil’s Quadruple Crisis – And Why It Matters For Southeast Asia

  • Hindering Democratization: Thailand’s Well-Traveled Trojan Horse

  • The State of Creative Activism in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia and the 2021 Myanmar Crisis

  • Through Thick and Thin: The Solidarity of the Crown and Capitalists in the Face of Thai Protests

  • Vietnam’s COVID-19 Success Story: From Low-Cost to High-Flexibility Strategy

  • Calls from Professionals for a ‘Digital Culture Policy’ in Vietnam

  • Lawfare Strategy of the National Unity Government of Myanmar

  • A question of agency: Southeast Asia and AUKUS – Being ‘stuck in the middle’ does not mean ‘ASEAN Centrality’

  • Southeast Asia’s Democracies have Collapsed, and Politics have Stagnated: Could COVID-19 Change That?

  • Community Land Titling Policy and Bureaucratic Resistance in Thailand

  • Can the Victims Speak? Locality in Conflict Resolution in Papua

  • The School and Society amid the Pandemic: A Teacher’s Reflection

  • Japan: The Despots’ Accomplice in Asia

  • Developing a Program for Gifted Music Students in Malaysia

  • Opposition Legislative Behaviour under Malaysia’s National Front

  • Myanmar Under Siege

  • Philippine Literatures in a Derridean Sense: A Problem of (Re)versing the Region?

  • Chinese Influence Contested in Southeast Asia: Domestic Political Economy Matters

  • Ethno-religious politics in Malaysia: Will Malaysia ever escape the ‘political religio-race trap’?

  • Questioning the Importance of Halal Tourism in Indonesia

  • The Impact of Implementation of Security Laws on Civilians in the Deep South of Thailand

  • Indonesia’s Democratic Trajectory: An Agrarian Political Economy Perspective

  • Kingdom’s Edge by Richard Humphries

  • Rodrigo Duterte’s Toolbox of Media Co-optation: The mainstream media vs. illiberal democracy in social media

  • The Legal Weapon Killing Democracy in Thailand’s Deep South

  • Migrant Workers and the PAP: Who is Dependent on Whom?

From the Editor: Southeast Asia’s Artful Diplomacy?

This issue of Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia presents five case studies looking at foreign policy of five Southeast Asian nations: Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. Five contributors examine foreign policy of their chosen country, analysing its past and future trend, as well as the linkage between domestic politics and foreign relations. At the heart of the debate however lies the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China, the impact of which has cast a [...]

From the Editor– Myanmar’s Transition Stalled: From Opening to Coup

The year 2020, when this project was initiated, provided a unique opportunity for reflection on critical milestones in Myanmar’s recent history: it marked a decade since the initiation of political, economic, and peace transitions, as well as five years since the National League for Democracy (NLD) took control of the civilian government in an [...]

From the Editor– Environmental Politics in and after Military Authoritarianism in Thailand

This special collection for the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia explores the ongoing legacies of environmental politics in, and perhaps after, military rule in Thailand. The five scholars in the collection explore various directions Thailand’s environmental policy and politics have taken under the Thai military. Their work shows how ecological change in Thailand is shaped [...]
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