Book Review: Storey, I. (2025). Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War.
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Author: Joseph Black
Indigenous Peoples’ Legislative Representation Through the Philippine Party-List System
This qualitative study examines whether the Philippine party-list system effectively enables indigenous peoples’ legislative representation by reviewing documents from the Philippine Commission on Elections, the Philippine Congress, the Philippine Supr…
Book Review: Pollock, T. R. (2024). Fire Dancers in Thailand’s Tourism Industry: Art, Affect, and Labor.
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Understanding Low Ecovillage Adoption in Southeast Asia: Insights from Malaysia Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory
The world is facing multiple intertwined crises, like environmental degradation and socioeconomic inequalities. The impacts of these crises are disproportionately severe in emerging nations, such as those in Southeast Asia. Ecovillages are emerging as …
History-Making: The Communist Party of Thailand’s Attempt to Shape Hmong and Lua Narratives
Armed conflict between the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) and the military of Thailand in northern Thai-land began in mid-1967. By the end of the 1960s, there were a number of CPT stronghold bases in the remote uplands of Northern Thailand. Large nu…
Digital Strike: Monetizing Online Engagement and Content for Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
Digital networks and social media are increasingly becoming spaces with high political stakes as well as great economic gains. This paper contributes to the ongoing debate concerning the relationship between economic and political motivations, particu…
Book Review: Karlsson, K. A Sense of Place and Belonging: The Chiang Tung Borderland of Northern Southeast Asia.
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Editorial: Sustainability, Governance, and Conflict
Memes and the Indonesian 2024 Presidential Elections: Performative Politics in an Illiberal Setting
Memes played a significant role in the 2024 Indonesian presidential election, particularly in shaping illiberal and elite discourse. This study focuses on Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko Widodo (2014-2024) and, since October 20…
Language and De-/Escalation of Conflict in Aceh, Indonesia
This article examines the role of language in the de-/escalation of the Aceh conflict. Our analysis is situated at the crossroads of the literature on language and conflict and the literature on the micro-dynamics of violent conflict and everyday peace…
Book Review: Prajak Kongkirati. (2024). Thailand: Contestation, Polarization, and Democratic Regression.
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Early Adopters or Forever Resisters? Singapore Veg*ns’ Views Toward Alternative Protein Foods
Alternative protein foods, which provide significant quantities of protein but do not use conventional animal sources, can be an important component of sustainable diets. This paper presents the results of an autoethnographic study by an activist refle…
Beyond Debt-Trap Narratives: How the Lao State Manoeuvres the Hybrid Governance of a Chinese Hydropower Project
Over the past years, Chinese debt-financed investments under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Laos have increased considerably. This development has drawn the attention of many analysts, and consequently, narratives such as the Lao state losing it…
A Co-Generated Analysis of Thai Homestays: Overcoming SERVQUAL Deficiencies and Sustainability Barriers
Post-COVID-19, international travelers have brand assurance expectations that often surpass the benchmark set by the Thai Homestay Standard, leaving some operators struggling to position with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thai homestays face si…