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Rebecca Gidley begins as New Mandala's editor in August 2019.
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Mental health care in Indonesia: short on supply, short on demand
If he’s serious about building Indonesia’s “human capital”, Jokowi should make mental health a policy priority.
The post-election challenges for Indonesia’s feminist movement
Progress for pro-women policy requires being honest about the social and political barriers activists face.
Out of sight, out of mind? Political accountability and Indonesia’s new capital plan
What happens when civil society, the media, and policymakers are based in different cities?
How Jokowi spends money better in a second term
Indonesia needs evidence-based policy, not policy-based evidence.
From stagnation to regression? Indonesian democracy after twenty years
The 2019 ANU Indonesia Update conference takes stock of Indonesian democracy.
Lao dissidents exiled under Thailand’s military rule
The activities of Lao dissidents who have fled to Thailand can offer some insight into anti-regime sentiment in Laos.
Is a weak USDP good for Myanmar?
Authoritarian successor parties can be an important part of democratic consolidation, so we shouldn’t necessarily welcome a weak USDP.
Voting out the landlords in Flores
Economic change is eroding the political power of traditional custodians of land in this part of Eastern Indonesia.
NU after the elections: more nationalism, less democracy?
Jokowi owes his victory to NU support, and NU expects both material and ideological dividends.
Follow the leader: personalities, policy and partisanship in Indonesia
New survey data show how strongly partisanship effects Indonesians’ policy preferences.
Millenia of maritime mastery: Philip Bowring’s ‘Empire of the Winds’
Though Austronesians operated in networks of oceanic trading that stretched from Asia to the Mediterranean for thousands of years, both the term and cultural grouping are little known.