Disconnect between Jakarta and provinces could widen under current presidency.
Morality and LGBT rights in Indonesia
Homophobic local bylaws make a marginalised community more vulnerable.
To TPP or not to TPP – that is Jokowi’s question
Should he sign up to the world’s largest trade agreement?
Polishing the plin-plan president
Jokowi may look good in batik but he ain't cut out for the president's office, writes Duncan Graham.
Unity in (sexual) diversity?
Indonesia's five 'founding' principles wrongly used to deny rights to same-sex people, writes Kate Walton.
Jakarta and terrorism’s top dogs
Latest attack an attempt to create new leadership among Southeast Asia’s militants.
Indonesian fires lit by dysfunctional democracy
Corrupt and greedy local leaders must be checked to avoid more disasters.
So near, so far and growing apart
What's to blame for poor Australia-Indonesia relations, asks Duncan Graham.
Democratic contraction in Southeast Asia
Bridget Welsh surveys the rise of a worrying trend in the region.
New Mandala’s 2015 in review (and Christmas dance)
Scandals, succession, secret payments and more; here are our top articles for the year, and some festive dancing.
Ben Anderson: the one and only
Ariel Heryanto pays tribute to the late scholar and his ongoing legacy.
Of murder, memory, corruption and power
A conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer on Indonesia's 1965 massacre.
Money politics and the prisoner’s dilemma
Vote buying to 'prevent' corruption prevalent in Indonesia.
Statement of support for Michael Buehler
Academics across the globe show solidarity for SOAS Indonesian politics expert, his work and academic freedom.