Edition 57: Jan-Mar 1999

No turning back

No shortcut to democracy

Post-Suharto, the opportunities are wide open. Time is short. But a democracy that lasts must be built on solid ideas rather than popular individuals or religion.

Megamania!

She is much more than an opposition politician. Megawati is an idol. And possibly Indonesia's fourth president.

Australia's response

Beyond humanitarian assistance, should our aid program stress 'governance' or 'human rights'? Actually, both.

No turning back

Indonesia's fragile post-Suharto transition is threatened by social conflict as much as by squabbles among the elite. But this international meeting of non-government organisations declares that the uncertainty is all the more reason to push on towards democracy.

Globalisation challenge

Globalisation offers only disaster to Indonesia's poor. Student demonstrators should extend their protest to the powers governing their economy

The new poor

Where is the economic crisis striking hardest? Not at slum dwellers in the city centre, but at the once upwardly mobile on Jakarta's outskirts

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