The fear and the fury FRANZ MAGNIS-SUSENO believes that riots happen because people feel threatened by change. Read more
Citizens organise themselves Goenawan Mohamad explains to GERRY VAN KLINKEN why the independent electoral monitoring committee KIPP inspired so many volunteers to take action. Read more
Pauline Hanson -- you are what you eat ROB GOODFELLOW and PETER SMITH take a whimsical look at an Australian backlash against Asia, and against the wider world. Read more
Dayak anger ignored MICHAEL DOVE traces Dayak unhappiness to inequities in state development. Read more
Murder in the cathedral IRIP NEWS SERVICE speaks with a member of Dili's Catholic Commission for Education and uncovers an assassination attempt against Nobel prize winner Bishop Belo Read more
What price victory? The 1997 elections ED ASPINALL finds that Golkar's massive electoral victory sits strangely with its loss of credibility on the streets. Read more