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A welcome note from New Mandala's new editor, Rebecca Gidley.

Rebecca Gidley begins as New Mandala's editor in August 2019.

If he’s serious about building Indonesia’s “human capital”, Jokowi should make mental health a policy priority.

Progress for pro-women policy requires being honest about the social and political barriers activists face.

What happens when civil society, the media, and policymakers are based in different cities?

Indonesia needs evidence-based policy, not policy-based evidence.

The 2019 ANU Indonesia Update conference takes stock of Indonesian democracy.

The activities of Lao dissidents who have fled to Thailand can offer some insight into anti-regime sentiment in Laos.

Authoritarian successor parties can be an important part of democratic consolidation, so we shouldn’t necessarily welcome a weak USDP.

Economic change is eroding the political power of traditional custodians of land in this part of Eastern Indonesia.

Jokowi owes his victory to NU support, and NU expects both material and ideological dividends.

New survey data show how strongly partisanship effects Indonesians’ policy preferences.