Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

At its upmarket congress, Indonesia’s biggest Islamic party tried but failed to convince it has become an open and inclusive party Greg Feal...

The election of Anas Urbaningrum suggests Partai Demokrat can survive without its founder, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Luke Barrett ...

Lapindo Brantas’ involvement in the Surabaya Post has restricted the way journalists report on the mudflow Ross Tapsell  ...

A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok Melissa Crouch      The constructio...

Reflecting on the Act of Free Choice and the integration of West Papua into Indonesia Jennifer Robinson          A Pa...

Indonesia’s claim to sovereignty over West Papua rests upon an unsound legal basis Melinda Janki          A Papuan ...

The April 2009 legislative polls exposed weaknesses in Indonesia’s electoral management, but the results will help to strengthen the democratic poli...

Many Indonesian students face obstacles voting, but they aren’t much interested anyway Benita Chudleigh       More fun...

Voters have done everything they can for democracy. The same cannot be said for elites Dan Slater     PDIP 2009 - Indon...

Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics Eunsook Jung    &...

Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians ...

Whether Papuans support autonomy or independence, they should be allowed to speak freely Jennifer Robinson          ...

Political thugs and political Islam work together in Banten Okamoto Masaaki    A performance of invulnerability involving m...

Since their institutional separation, the relationship between the police and the military has been troubled Jacqui Baker  Â...

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

What you see is what you get. Vedi R. Hadiz    Golkar Party    Timur Angin Is Indonesia a democracy? The...

Democracy is feasible, but only if Indonesia’s democrats take on the elite. Olle Törnquist    Prosperous Justice Par...

Indonesians have a love-hate relationship with their political parties. Marcus Mietzner    National Mandate Party (PAN)...

Political parties have stronger social roots in Indonesia than elsewhere in the region. Andreas Ufen    National Awaken...

How Indonesia’s democratic transition transformed Aceh. Edward Aspinall     Former GAM commander Darwis Djeunib o...