Jan-Mar 1998

The Military

Not your local member
The military in the electoral system - Sugeng Permana
Political gangsters
Use of criminal elements by the military - Jesse Randall
Kings or kingmakers
Military plans for future political leadership - Bob Lowry
Godly men in green
More Abri officers are Muslim - Marcus Mietzner
In the line of fire
Justifying the military's dual role - Jun Honna
Watch these five!
Five officers who hold the key to the post-Suharto period - Damien Kingsbury
More educated, more ruthless
Profile of the new generation of military leaders - David Bourchier
Expelled from my home by thugs!
Developers and the military combine for a land grab - Hertje Suripatty
Wicked!
Heard any good jokes recently? Here's some
Indonesian spying on East Timorese exiles
The Indonesian embassies' other role - Peter Cronau and Matthew Brown
Box - Abri in figures

Social conditions and the economy

Jakarta money stirs up Ujungpandang riot
Eyewitness account of September unrest in Sulawesi - Vedi Hadiz
No crisis please
The currency crisis is not making Indonesia more democratic - Priyambudi
Sun, sand and smoke
How to ruin a conference - Anna Karin Eklöf

Environment

Smoking gun
Plantation companies are to blame for Indonesia's fires - Joko Waluyo
Taking on the timber tycoons
Forestry Minister has a tough job - Gerry van Klinken

Culture

Art for a better world
Depicting the poor is not enough - Tom Plummer

Travel

Sulawesi on two wheels
A bike ride through the wilds of Toraja, South Sulawesi - Mick Coopes

Reviews

Heike Krieger's 'Basic Documents' on East Timor
Geoffrey Gunn's 'East Timor and the UN' Richard Tanter
Goold and Willis on 'The Bre-X Fraud'
The Globe and Mail

Regulars

Editorial
Newsbriefs
Summary reports on current affairs
Letters to the editor
Indonesia on the net
Indonesian sites in English - John MacDougall
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