Wahid Presidency

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes
Chinese Indonesians must re-enter politics in order to fully exercise their citizenship
Never Indonesian enough
State discrimination against the Chinese is a form of cultural violence
A common destiny
Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi
Giving up partisan politics?
Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics
Rulers in their own country?
Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians
Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay
Political assassinations targeted West Papua’s culture and political identity
A new artistic order?
The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain
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NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda
Personality cults
Foreign news coverage needs to focus on Indonesia’s people, not just its leaders
Trouble in Paradise
A land conflict on the tourist island of Gili Trawangan dates back decades
Policy drift
Ten years after Suharto, the economy is not recovering fast enough
Stable but unpopular
Indonesians have a love-hate relationship with their political parties.
Basket case to showcase
How Indonesia’s democratic transition transformed Aceh.
The peace dividend
With no internal wars to fight, Yudhoyono can afford to reform the military.
Ten years of democratisation
Our new edition shows how far Indonesia has come, and how much remains to be done.