Edition No. 53 January-March, 1998

The military: Kings or kingmakers

 

In this issue
Newsbriefs

      Summary reports on current affairs

Not your local member
      The military in the electoral system - Sugeng Permana
Political gangsters
      Use of criminal elements by the military - Jesse Randall
Kings or kingmakers
      Military plans for future political leadership - Bob Lowry
Godly men in green
      More Abri officers are Muslim - Marcus Mietzner
In the line of fire
      Justifying the military's dual role - Jun Honna
Watch these five!
      Five officers who hold the key to the post-Suharto period - Damien Kingsbury
More educated, more ruthless
      Profile of the new generation of military leaders - David Bourchier
Expelled from my home by thugs!
      Developers and the military combine for a land grab - Hertje Suripatty
Wicked!
      Heard any good jokes recently? Here's some
Indonesian spying on East Timorese exiles
      The Indonesian embassies' other role - Peter Cronau and Matthew Brown
Abri in figures
      

Jakarta money stirs up Ujungpandang riot
      Eyewitness account of September unrest in Sulawesi - Vedi Hadiz
No crisis please
      The currency crisis is not making Indonesia more democratic - Priyambudi
Sun, sand and smoke
      How to ruin a conference - Anna Karin Eklöf

Smoking gun
      Plantation companies are to blame for Indonesia's fires - Joko Waluyo
Taking on the timber tycoons
      Forestry Minister has a tough job - Gerry van Klinken

Art for a better world
      Depicting the poor is not enough - Tom Plummer

Sulawesi on two wheels
      A bike ride through the wilds of Toraja, South Sulawesi - Mick Coopes

Heike Krieger's 'Basic Documents' on East Timor
Geoffrey Gunn's 'East Timor and the UN'

      Richard Tanter
Goold and Willis on 'The Bre-X Fraud'
      The Globe and Mail

Letters to the editor
      
Indonesia on the net
      John MacDougall

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