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

Even now, Indonesians find it difficult to face the traumatic events of the past Robert Cribb and Michele Ford   &n...

The mass killings of 1965-66 in Indonesia were international, not just local, events - and the US played an important role Brad Simpson ...

When Nahdlatul Ulama members killed communists, they believed they were doing it for God Greg Fealy     &...

Two villagers from the rural fringe of Surabaya recall the most frightening night of their lives Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan &nbs...

Many of those accused of being communists fled to South Blitar after the Surabaya crackdown, only to become the target of the Trisula Operat...

Suspected communists who survived the killings of 1965-66 in South Sulawesi spent the next 20 years working for the military in an isolated jungle cam...

Forty-five years later, survivors are telling their stories about their suffering in detention  Annie Pohlman  &nbs...

The exhumation of mass graves from 1965-66 is a fraught and dangerous business Katharine McGregor     &nb...

This mini-encyclopedia explains some of the key terms pertaining to the events of 1965-66 John Roosa    ...

Megawati Soekarnoputri stakes her claim to opposition, but will it be enough to stem her party's decline? Edward Aspinall  ...

Abdurrahman Wahid’s life deserves serious and critical reflection Greg Fealy      Gus Dur in 2009 &...

Corruption continues to shape the political landscape in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia’s richest district Rosa Evaquarta &nb...

Personal reflections on an ongoing challenge Jusuf Wanandi      Signs of trouble: Indonesian shopkeepers board up their s...

Meaningful dialogue about the future of Papua requires that Indonesians and Papuans honestly address the past Muridan S. Widjojo ...

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 ...

Packed screenings of the controversial film about the deaths of five Australian journalists in East Timor continue, despite an official ban Qu...

Indonesian labour activists are mourning the passing of a great man Michele Ford and Fahmi Panimbang        Fauzi Abdul...

Prabowo’s party has deep roots in Indonesian political mythology Aboeprijadi Santoso        Prabowo dreams of a Great...

From the Archive David Bourchier (ii53: Jan-Mar 1998) looks at the new generation of military leaders, after a big shakeup between July and Octob...