Politics

Prison can be a place of radicalisation or rehabilitation

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

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

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

Papua’s rural lowlands are being transformed by an encroaching global economy, but what happens to the people there is an open question

Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom

In 2012 significant new information exposed critical truths about the 1965 massacres in Indonesia, but there remain major obstacles to recovery and reconciliation

Indonesian artists are using new media to rethink urban space

Indonesia’s liberal art scene attracts adventurous Australian artists

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

Perfectly coiffed hair and rose-pink cheeks underpin Polri’s latest policing tactic

What do you get when you cross Sarah Palin and an Islamic polygamist? Meet Rhoma Irama – Indonesia’s king of dangdut

Highland communities in Papua are demanding access to services, but there is a limit to what can be offered in the most remote settlements

There are signs that Indonesia may move towards abolition of the death penalty

As infectious diseases spread, strategic governance becomes ever more important

Rebuilding trust in doctors will be an important part of Aceh’s post-conflict recovery

Regional governments around Indonesia are devising new and ambitious free healthcare schemes for their electorates, but to what end?

Healthcare in Indonesia suffers from many chronic problems that only healthier politics can cure

Essays, reflections and poetry on East Timor, 1999-2010