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The battle over Chao Mae Thapthim Shrine

What political project did Jokowi’s new capital embody?

Bad luck and bad judgement are undermining progress in ending the Mindanao conflict for good

Memory as defiance in the face of sixty years of impunity

On the makings of Indonesia’s new protest scapegoat

Jakarta’s informal settlements are finding new ways to assert their rights and reshape their city

August’s protests destroyed beloved colonial-era buildings

There is economic and social upside for Indonesia in reducing its contributions to climate change

Sound analysis requires looking the conflict’s grim realities in the face

A subculture of street protest survives beyond Jokowi

On what’s lost when the Dutch East Indies is recalled as a time of picturesque sophistication