The missed opportunity of aid cuts to Indonesia.
Flying the flag of reform?
The release of political prisoners in Papua raises more questions than answers.
Press freedom in Papua?
Ross Tapsell examines the significance of foreign journalists being allowed into Indonesia's Papua provinces.
Australia-Indonesia: the view from Jakarta
Pierre Marthinus on Canberra's clear lack of intellectual and cultural competence.
Shot through the heart
The case of drug offenders on death row shows that a lack of compassion in Indonesia and Australia wins the day (and ends lives).
Dealing in death: Indonesia’s drug executions
Insight on drugs, the death penalty and the execution of foreigners in Indonesia
Indonesia: the quality of justice
When it comes to drugs, it's death for foreigners and leniency for locals, writes Hamish McDonald.
“Children of the revolution” to revolutionary grandchildren?
Ruediger Korff examines the challenges of generational change in Southeast Asia.
Shooting the messengers? Journalists in Indonesia
A new book on Australian journalists in Indonesia poses some tough questions about the bi-lateral relationship. Hamish McDonald reports.
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate
Megawati takes a swipe at her party's president at the PDI-P congress in Bali.
Jokowi: modern man of the people or divine clown?
From high hopes to dashed expectations - Joko Widodo's aura is already tainted.
A fatal mistake
Having accepted the validity of Indonesian laws it is still important to recognise their flaws from both a humanitarian and academic point of view.
Strategic imperatives for Australia-Indonesia relations
According to John Blaxland, clemency for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has a solid strategic rationale
The unfulfilled promise of Joko Widodo
New Mandala talks to Indonesia politics expert Greg Fealy about whether everyone got it wrong when it came to Jokowi
KPK v Polri: a proxy conflict?
Is the battle between Indonesia's corruption commission and national police a sign of the difficulties to come for President Jokowi, asks Jacqueline Hicks.
Why executions won’t win Indonesia’s drug war
Keeping death row inmates alive one of the best chances of success in Joko Widodo’s war on drugs
Crocodiles, cronies and cars
As Joko Widodo's presidency of promised reform is already at risk of descending into farce, writes Hamish McDonald.
Jockey life in Jakarta
Mariam Koslay takes a close-up look at the experiences of Jakarta's traffic jockeys
Defending Indonesia’s anti-corruption fighters
Jarni Blakkarly reports on a recent protest in Jakarta and the wider #SaveKPK movement
Jokowi’s National Police Chief debacle
Prio Sambodho argues the Indonesian public and media have performed admirably in responding to the President's mis-steps
Jokowi: The First Hundred Days
Indonesian politics has not been this interesting in a long time, according to Michael Vatikiotis
For Indonesia’s oligarchs, the party isn’t over
According to Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, it's their party and they'll feud if they want to