Social transfers and distributive politics in the race to be Jakarta's next governor.
Pramoedya’s Message to the Youth of Indonesia
Indonesia's most important writer tells the youth to take control of the nation's future.
Technology and transformed governance in Indonesia
Opening government through open communication channels.
To kill Papuan youth
Unsolved murders and the role of security forces in Indonesia's troubled region.
The dangerous ideology behind Bela Negara
Indonesia's military marches the country down a perilous path.
A matter of principles
Pancagila’s ‘five crazy principles’ and a rising challenge for Indonesia’s ideology.
A new leaf for land rights?
Seeing the forest for the trees when it comes to indigenous rights in Indonesia.
Tough year for human rights in Southeast Asia
2016 was not a good year for the region's civil liberties, writes Bridget Welsh.
Treasure Island meets Lord of the Flies: rediscovering the Batavia shipwreck
Visiting the site of Australia's most famous shipwreck
The criminalisation of LGBT people in Indonesia
How sensationalism is driving the campaign against LGBT rights.
Sulphur and sacrifice: Indonesia’s Yadnya Kasada Festival
Mount Bromo shows its darker side at this haunting Hindu festival.
Jokowi’s calculated soft approach to Jakarta’s radicals
Why the Jokowi administration’s handling of the Ahok case deserves credit.
Has Jokowi handed a strategic victory to radicals?
How political Islam is growing steadily on Indonesia's national stage.
Jokowi wakes up the leviathan
How the Indonesian president is using SOEs to drive economic development -- and why the private sector isn't happy.