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Talking Thai Politics: Tak Bai and Beyond, Thailand’s Southern Insurgency
Don Pathan and Duncan McCargo in Conversation with Chayata Sripanich
"The Languages of Indonesian Politics" Revisited
A Discussion with Dwi Noverini Djenar
Unpacking Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia with Dan Slater
Todays episode focuses on a major issue of enduring importance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies: authoritarianism. Even today, various forms of dictatorship remain alive and well across Southeast Asia, raising questions about their origin
Talking Thai Politics: Prajak Kongkirati, Thailand: Contestation, Polarization and Democratic Regression (Cambridge 2024)
Prajak Kongkirati in Conversation with Duncan McCargo
Andrea Benvenuti, "Nehru's Bandung: Non-Alignment and Regional Order in Indian Cold War Strategy" (Oxford UP, 2024)
An interview with Andrea Benvenuti
Michael G. Vann, "The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam" (Oxford UP, 2018)
An interview with Michael G. Vann
Anto Mohsin, "Electrifying Indonesia: Technology and Social Justice in National Development" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023)
An interview with Anto Mohsin
Corey Ross, "Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World" (Princeton UP, 2024)
An interview with Corey Ross
Jacques Bertrand, "Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar" (Cornell UP, 2022)
An interview with Jacques Bertrand
Talking Thai Politics: Kunthika Nutcharut, Defending Disruptors
An interview with Kunthika Nutcharut