Politics

Rotten politicians

Ethnicity and the nation

After the New Order, pomp and ceremony is returning to dusty palaces all over Indonesia

Victims of the May 1998 riots seek justice and healing

Ethnic stereotyping by local politicians in Lombok fails to please all

Searching for a new dominant ethnic identity

Taking a legal approach to fighting discrimination

Ethnicity now plays a role in local politics in South Sumatra but money still rules

Ethnic Chinese experience a ‘reawakening’ of their Chinese identity

Ien Ang returns to Indonesia and her Chinese roots

Ethnic relations in West Kalimantan are marked with blood

Music is still a potent source of cultural resistance in West Papua

Ethnic nationalism under siege in West Papua

Five Indonesian domestic workers face possible death sentences in Singapore

Scholarly research and political reality meet in a Dutch inquiry into Papua

140,000 progressive Muslim volunteers monitored Indonesia’s April elections

A Christian candidate for a Muslim party in North Maluku

Diverse responses to proponents of Islamic law indicate democracy is healthy in South Sulawesi

Irfan Awwas sets out his vision for Islamic law in Indonesia