Married with children The second round of direct elections for governors and district heads shows that democratisation is allowing powerful families to entrench themselves in local politics Read more
Haunted house, haunted history Visitors to Semarang’s Lawang Sewu find competing narratives of history, memory and popular culture Read more
Land of ghosts Papua’s rural lowlands are being transformed by an encroaching global economy, but what happens to the people there is an open question Read more
Review: From the dark side Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom Read more
Review: When perpetrators speak Joshua Oppenheimer’s groundbreaking new film raises disturbing questions about why perpetrators of the 1965-66 mass killings still enjoy impunity for their actions Read more
'Truth takes a while, justice even longer' In 2012 significant new information exposed critical truths about the 1965 massacres in Indonesia, but there remain major obstacles to recovery and reconciliation Read more
Soft diplomacy in heavy metal Indonesia’s liberal art scene attracts adventurous Australian artists Read more
What gives rise to moral outrage? Rather than being merely the result of religious extremism, recent cases of moral outrage point to a wide range of current political and social problems Read more
Indonesia’s secret police weapon Perfectly coiffed hair and rose-pink cheeks underpin Polri’s latest policing tactic Read more
Joke of the month? What do you get when you cross Sarah Palin and an Islamic polygamist? Meet Rhoma Irama – Indonesia’s king of dangdut Read more
The middle of nowhere Highland communities in Papua are demanding access to services, but there is a limit to what can be offered in the most remote settlements Read more
Staying the executioners' guns? There are signs that Indonesia may move towards abolition of the death penalty Read more
Disease control in democratic Indonesia As infectious diseases spread, strategic governance becomes ever more important Read more
Traveling for a cure Rebuilding trust in doctors will be an important part of Aceh’s post-conflict recovery Read more
A healthcare revolution in the regions Regional governments around Indonesia are devising new and ambitious free healthcare schemes for their electorates, but to what end? Read more
Medicine for a sick system Healthcare in Indonesia suffers from many chronic problems that only healthier politics can cure Read more
A new tactical toolkit The labour movement successfully adopted new tactics in their campaign for social security reform Read more