Indonesian Politics

The article that got its author reported for libel for comparing Megawati and Aung San Suu Kyi.

ANU's premier Indonesian studies event will explore the nationalist zeitgeist [re]emerging under Jokowi.

A spike in mosque construction is an oft-cited symbol of Indonesia's "Islamisation". But data suggest it's not actually happening.

Survey data show no evidence of a link between piety and intolerance, let alone violence.

It’s one step forward, two steps back for the right of Papuans and Moluccans to peacefully advocate for self-determination.

International experience shows that the organisation can survive, even thrive, in the face of official bans.

Indonesia's parliament has approved Jokowi's decree on mass organisations. Here's why the law threatens the freedoms of all Indonesians.

Some reflections from an odd, and at turns crass, fast breaking event inside a Jakarta shopping mall.

Neither Ahok nor Anies can change the fact that those who own the city have enormous influence over how it's run.

Forget oligarchy. Ahok's governorship, like Jokowi's before him, has been a boon for state enterprise.

A report from the pathbreaking Indonesian Female Ulama Congress in Cirebon, West Java.

A tribute to the life and work of the acclaimed anthropologist, who passed away on 1 May 2017.

What Jakarta's election highlighted most was not tensions between socioeconomic groups, but cultural tensions within the Muslim middle class itself.

Ahok's downfall should prompt new inquiry into which institutions and networks shape popular opinion, and how.

Ahok's support of an Islamic pilgrimage site amid Jakarta's container port illustrates the intricacies and paradoxes of Indonesia’s politics of religion.

The state of Papuan press freedom is dire, despite Jokowi promising openness. Indonesia's Press Council must speak.

There's ample reason to expect Jokowi's 2019 campaign will prove resilient to right wing populist opposition.

Warning signs for Jokowi in the importance of voters who were happy with Ahok's performance but voted against him on religious grounds.

Exit polls from Jakarta election are a good starting point for thinking about the nexus between identity politics and inequality.

Ian Wilson and Marcus Mietzner interpret the Jakarta election in a public conversation hosted by Murdoch University's Asia Research Centre.

Ian Wilson is right that binary 'diversity vs. sectarian populism' narratives are unhelpful. But religious divides still matter in the politics of inequality.

Hailed as a game changer in the 2012 Jakarta polls, volunteer and social media campaigns are playing an increasingly ambiguous role in Indonesian politics.

An official Dutch inquiry will confront the bloody end of the country's colonial rule in the Indies. It will also open old wounds in Indonesia.

Prosecutors' request for a suspended sentence for Ahok underscores what a political farce the legal process has been.