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Balancing business

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Indonesia’s unions are engaging in electoral politics in unprecedented ways in an attempt to balance the influence of business

Review: Surabaya-style football fandom

Review: Surabaya-style football fandom
Junaedi gives a rare insight into Indonesia's football culture

Jokowi for President? No!

Jokowi for President? No!
Riverbank settlers love Jokowi, but they don’t want him to become president

Wasted talent

Wasted talent
Returned migrant workers have much to offer, but have trouble achieving recognition for the skills they’ve developed abroad

Dancing against violence

Dancing against violence
Not even Mount Kelud erupting could stop Yogyakarta's activists from standing up against violence to women as part of One Billion Rising

Running in style

Running in style
A new bug for running points toward a new politics of lifestyle

Platitudes of Papua

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It’s easy to blame the central government for all of Papua’s problems, but it’s also inaccurate

Dying for nothing

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Special Autonomy has crippled health services in the Papuan Highlands

Sex, lies and politicians

Sex, lies and politicians
Indonesian politicians quite often star inadvertently in porn films, but it doesn’t seem to hurt them much

Cosmopolitan Indonesia

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Cosmopolitanism is a magnificent ideal for a world torn by divisions and it exists in Indonesia in some surprising places. But how deep does and can it go? Gerry van Klinken

Subaltern cosmopolitans

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Riau Islanders prove you don’t have to be rich, or even mobile, to be a citizen of the world

Online cosmopolitan

Online cosmopolitan
An interview with Enrico Aditjondro

Impossible ideal?

Impossible ideal?
Cosmopolitanism is a dirty word in rural West Java, where creativity and new words are needed to reopen dialogue.

Floating World

Nilan and Artini
See the world and be exploited

Diaspora power

Diaspora power
Abused maids are not the only Indonesians overseas as success stories from the Indonesia Diaspora Congress show

Café culture

Café culture
The changing socio-economic status of Yogyakarta’s students threatens the survival of one of the city’s icons

Blaming Papuans

Blaming Papuans
Education is a mess in Papua’s highlands, but fault doesn’t lie with the Papuans alone

Review: A tale of survival and resilience in modern Surabaya

Review: A tale of survival and resilience in modern Surabaya
Robbie Peters' new book brings the poor urban kampungs of Surabaya to life

Stopping intolerance

Stopping intolerance
Government must act to halt growing discrimination against minorities

Feeding Indonesia

Feeding Indonesia
Food security is an urgent policy problem in Indonesia but opinions are divided about how best to feed the poorest and most vulnerable Thushara Dibley and Eve Warburton Indonesia is a country with a rapidly expanding middle class and a growing economy. Its neighbours are taking more notice, and Indonesia now plays a pivotal role in regional politics. Yet for many Indonesians, the daily task of feeding their families can be a real challenge. Even with government subsidies, Indonesia has the most expensive rice in the region. The government's commitment to reducing heavy fuel subsidies is expected to impact the price and accessibility of rice and other basic foodstuffs. Poor families are the most vulnerable in this situation.

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