Politics

The 100 year anniversary of Indonesia’s ‘National Awakening’ fails to inspire

A land conflict on the tourist island of Gili Trawangan dates back decades

Controlling local corruption is one thing; tackling the big guys in Jakarta is quite another

Ten years after Suharto, the economy is not recovering fast enough

Firebrand preacher’s audience doesn’t burn with enthusiasm

The legacy of the Suharto era lingers in school history books

What you see is what you get

Indonesians have a love-hate relationship with their political parties

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

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

How Indonesia’s democratic transition transformed Aceh

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

A photo gallery

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

Journalists strike after West Java’s most famous newspaper ‘withdraws’ poem.

Living with the Lapindo disaster

An Australian teacher trainer learns a lesson (or two) in East Java

Jatropha biofuel production in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara