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

The media portrays women who marry terrorists as victims, but the reality is far more complex Sally White       In her b...

Strategic planning for disaster remains a low priority for the central government, despite the lessons learned in the aftermath of the Bali bombings. ...

Will a positive start for the Constitutional Court lead to practical changes for ordinary citizens? Simon Butt The post-Suharto period has witne...

Links between corruption and violence in Poso Dave McRae On 28 May 2005, two bombs exploded in Tentena market, Poso district, killing 22 people ...

Foreign policy not poverty reduction drives the Australian aid program Tim O’Connor Indonesia has been a major focus of the Australian aid pro...

Conspiracy theories in post-bomb Indonesia Greg Fealy In the months following the 12 October 2002 Bali bombings, Indonesia was awash with conspi...

The public teachings of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir Tim Behrend Two weeks after the attacks on the Kuta nightclubs, Indonesian police arrested Abu Ba...

The Bali bombings reveal the failings of Australian-Indonesian intelligence co-operations David Wright Neville The terrorist bombings of the Sar...

Ritual purification ceremonies have dominated Balinese recovery efforts Graeme MacRae Most Balinese of my acquaintance, a few urban intellectual...

After the bomb, community tourism needs a boost Sherry Kasman-Entus 'Our biggest worry is that the post-bomb 'recovery' program will succeed. ...

Balinese people favour green initiatives in recovery effort Christine Foster Many people, whether members of the multi-ethnic and multinational ...

No joy for extremists in post-bomb Indonesia Ed Aspinall Immediately after the bombings in Bali on 12 October, there was much speculation in the...

An innovative shadow puppet show combats post-traumatic stress disorder in Bali Rucina Ballinger Following the fatal bomb blast in Kuta in Octob...

A deep local tradition of tolerance defends against militancy The Hon Justice Marcus Einfeld AO QC PhD It is clear that we have entered a new an...

Understanding the tragedy beyond al-Qaeda and Bush's 'war on terror' Thomas Reuter Shortly before midnight on Saturday, 12 October 2002 a devast...

Indonesia today is a dangerous place primarily for Indonesians, not foreigners John Roosa The October 12 bombing in Bali, like most incidents of...

The gulf between rhetoric and evidence is wide Greg Fealy Indonesia has frequently been cast as a country with a serious international terrorism...

Bill Liddle and Herb Feith These two scholars of Indonesia exchanged emails early November 2001 about the terrorist attack in New York on September...

What do Indonesian students think about Osama bin Laden? Katie Brayne If you walk south along Jalan Malioboro past McDonalds, turn left into the...