Edition 92: Apr-Jul 2008 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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The peace dividend

With no internal wars to fight, Yudhoyono can afford to reform the military.

Basket case to showcase

How Indonesia’s democratic transition transformed Aceh.

Political fashions

Timur Angin photo gallery

Roots of democracy

Political parties have stronger social roots in Indonesia than elsewhere in the region.

Stable but unpopular

Indonesians have a love-hate relationship with their political parties.

How far to meaningful democracy? - 2

Democracy is feasible, but only if Indonesia’s democrats take on the elite.

How far to meaningful democracy? - 1

What you see is what you get.

Ten years of democratisation

Our new edition shows how far Indonesia has come, and how much remains to be done.

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