Digest
Digests are short items of Indonesian news with commentary, written by the editor of Inside Indonesia
95 Out of Africa - Colonial roots of Indonesia's ethnic conflict - 25/01/02
94 Policy recommendations for Indonesia: Upside down, they look good - 10/08/01
93 Aceh needs some lateral thinking - 03/03/01
92 Law in a lawless place: East Timor - 27/10/99
91 Why Wahid won't visit Australia soon - 10/06/00
90 West Papua's opinion makers - 03/01/00
89 What is the Free Aceh Movement? - 25/11/99
88 Perils of a priestly president - 25/11/99
87 Indonesia's accidental president - 21/10/99
86 Towards a mapping of 'at risk' groups - 25/09/99
85 Burma? Or Thailand? Two roads ahead for Indonesia - 25/09/99
84 Indonesia's drift to hard times - 10/09/99
83 What Jakarta's papers say about East Timor - 08/09/99
82 A dark scenario - 07/09/99
81 Crippled giant - 28/08/99
80 Election result - New Order lingers in outer islands, but for how long? - 11/08/99
79 UN's bizarre dilemma in East Timor - 15/05/99
78 Wiranto's "No" to East Timor - 12/04/99
77 Tetangga setelah berpisah (Timor Lorosae) - 30/03/99
76 Why are the parties so conservative? - 19/03/99
75 Is Indonesia really breaking down? - 23/02/99
74 Free East Timor: a reality in '99? - 29/01/99
73 Indonesia's flames were lit years ago - 16/12/98
72 No autonomy for East Timor without democracy in Indonesia - 4/12/98
71 The end of gradual reform: what next? - 17/11/98
70 Is Indonesia too violent to be democratic? - 26/10/98
69 Helping Indonesia: What we can do - 16/09/98
68 Poverty drives Indonesian politics towards communalism - 31/08/98
67 Who is listening to Indonesia's poor? - 22/06/98
66 Round Two: Suharto's comeback? - 22/06/98
65 Politics become more Islamic - 16/06/98
64 Emerging support for the new president - 09/06/98
63 The May riots - 28/05/98
62 End of the New Order - How would we know? - 29/05/98
61 Habibie's cabinet - 22/05/98
60 Suharto's crimes against humanity - 22/05/98
59 Has the New Order ended? - 22/05/98
58 Why the middle classes are afraid to dump Suharto - 21/05/98
57 Suharto jumps? Maybe, later - 20/05/98
56 Indonesia heading for a chaotic democracy? - 17/05/98
55 Suharto's options - 16/05/98
54 Indonesia's new cabinet: profiles - 15/03/98
53 Indonesia's new dynastic cabinet - 15/03/98
52 Recent anti-Chinese violence - 20/02/98
51 Political paralysis - 25/01/98
50 Vice-presidential politics (Habibie) - 23/01/98
49 Indonesia's hard road to renewal - 17/01/98
48 A surprise East Timor initiative? (Manuel Carrascalao) - 18/12/97
47 Why Indonesia sees double on the IMF - 09/12/97
46 Reforestation Fund: Big bucks for cronies, but what about the environment? - 08/12/97
45 Pesticides out of control in Kalimantan - 01/12/97
44 East Timorese bombs: Time to break the stalemate - 01/11/97
43 Messianic hopes in East Java: Romo Suryo - 07/10/97
42 Head on the block: Forestry Minister Jamaludin - 05/10/97
41 Suharto returns to his army roots - 13/09/97
40 Zombie mania in Central Java - 12/09/97
39 Orwell rules OK, in Australia - 15/08/97
38 Mandela and Xanana - 27/07/97
37 When is a budget not a budget? - 02/07/97
36 Democratic history offers hope for the future - 30/05/97
35 Local heroes of the PPP - Kiai Alawy - 16/06/97
34 Is Islam now the alternative? - 11/06/97
33 Preliminary election results raise eyebrows - 30/05/97
32 Ghosts that haunt old age - Subadio S - 19/05/97
31 After Busang, Batu Hijau - 28/04/97
30 Golkar push triggers violence - 17/04/97
29 Conspiracies - 29/03/97
28 Separating the powers - 20/03/97
27 The decline of Habibie - 17/03/97
26 Indonesian anti-nuclear lobbyists win reprieve - 06/02/97
25 What opposition? - 13/11/96
24 Elaborate constructions - The death of journalist Udin - 25/10/96
23 How Indonesia reads the Nobel Peace Prize - 15/10/96
22 Timber for Java, at a price in corruption - 18/09/96
21 Foreign investors hold back - 19/08/96
20 Legitimacy in question - 19/08/96
19 Abri transformed into palace guard - 19/08/96
18 Megawati, bald devils, and Indonesia's future - 29/07/96
17 Megawati ouster spoils 1997 election - 13/07/96
16 Indonesia's national jet - 27/06/96
15 High Court disappoints again - 14/06/96
14 Megawati out? - 10/06/96
13 Political thugs - 30/05/96
12 East Timorese terrorism? - 13/04/96
11 An Australian nuclear arms race with Indonesia? - 04/04/96
10 NGOs want to monitor 1997 election - 15/03/96
09 Tommy Suharto to attend Melbourne's Grand Prix? - 05/03/96
08 PDI: Resisting pressure in East Java - 26/02/96
07 More senior Abri officer transfers - 14/02/96
06 Television: The decline of propaganda - 09/02/96
05 Old pattern: Arrest Muslim 'deviants' before an election - 09/02/96
04 Megawati for President move - 03/02/96
03 More OPM information & comment - 31/01/96
02 OPM information - 30/01/96
01 Alternative business news on Internet - 18/01/96