Lia Kent’s study of East Timor’s attempts at transitional justice is an important contribution  

Margaret Kartomi’s life-long devotion to bringing Sumatran music to the world is revealed in her major contribution to analysing and preserving this musical heritage

Young Indonesian lesbians struggle with the pressure to marry

An unlikely alliance between former rebels and a former New Order tormentor will test the limits of Partai Aceh loyalty

HIV/AIDS is posing an ever greater threat to the health and welfare of people in the highlands of Papua

Three stories of people with HIV/AIDS in the central highlands of Papua show that both the government and community have a long way to go in confronting this major epidemic

A former volunteer shares his memories of the first five years of Inside Indonesia

Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society

A new publication tells the story of the first graduates of the joint Indonesian Armed Forces Military Academy

Editor’s note: For Indonesia-watchers the activities of the military and its leaders remain largely opaque and perhaps even menacing. In recent years the steady stream of memoirs and biographies by and about military leaders has, in some cases, assuaged some of this mystery and in others, added to the intrigue. As the public and judicial gaze has increasingly turned to the actions of military leaders with connections to the New Order, the memoir has been engaged by some as a form of testimony in an effort to ‘clear their name’. Whatever the motivation, with each new addition to this genre, we are offered new insights into the fractious and often treacherous ‘interior’ world of the Indonesian Armed Forces. Suparman holds the line but reveals some new insights into the transition of power after the fall of the New Order

The second round of direct elections for governors and district heads shows that democratisation is allowing powerful families to entrench themselves in local politics

In West Papua province’s Raja Ampat islands, a local fisheries conservation initiative is setting a global standard

Panas dalam can kill, but it can also be cured by a phone call

Visitors to Semarang’s Lawang Sewu find competing narratives of history, memory and popular culture

Forest conversion in Kalimantan is a local, national and global concern

A new book opens up debate about the power of the journalist and media organisations reporting conflict in Indonesia

Tickamyer and Kusujiarti’s new book is essential reading

This Indian film’s popularity reveals a popular critique of the US

Then, as today, volunteers were vital for Inside Indonesia's survival and success