Indonesian Politics

The forgotten refugees of Indonesia.

Seeing the forest for the trees when it comes to indigenous rights in Indonesia.

How the fight against LGBT has become a fight against feminism.

The rising spectre of vigilantism in Indonesia.

How the Indonesian president is using SOEs to drive economic development -- and why the private sector isn't happy.

How West Kalimantan villagers are combining novel mapping techniques and technology with Indonesia's village law to reclaim territory.

Why Southeast Asia is now firmly in the grip of China.

Hendri Yuluius charts how the Indonesian State helped move LGBT identities from the margins to the mainstream.

A lack of employment opportunities is undermining the country's democratic gains.

How the military’s fear campaign trumps Trump’s.

Can Jakarta's governor survive in a gangster's paradise?

The race for Jakarta governor must not succumb to race, writes Dwi Kiswanto.

Is Indonesia's democratic consolidation in peril?

In the wake of Jakarta's protests Jokowi's cancelled visit to Australia is a missed opportunity, writes Duncan Graham.

Opposition to Ahok is being spurned on by Indonesia's Muslim middle class, writes Chris Chaplin.

The evictions regime of Jakarta’s governor, Ahok, has provided ample recruitment opportunities for hardliners, writes Ian Wilson.

The unintended consequences of Indonesia's Village Law.

In conversation with Indonesia's former education minister Anies Baswedan.

How hetero- and homo-nationalisms are colliding in debates about LGBT rights.

Politics, economics and religion are to blame, writes Hew Wai Weng.

What the closure of a food stall during Ramadan says about the challenges of decentralisation in Indonesia.

Causes and consequences of Indonesia's alarming rate of HIV/AIDS.

Study finds low productivity and high conflict on shared land in some of Indonesia's poorest provinces.

Indonesia shows why digital literacy is just as important for Australia as Asia literacy.