Indonesian Politics

Framing Jakarta's election as a referendum on Indonesian pluralism is a way to avoid addressing inequalities of political and economic power.

Aceh and Papua still seek development and peace.

Where to go next for the stalled debate on Indonesia's SOEs?

Why Indonesia and Australia must acknowledge their secret shared history.

How Jokowi has kept hardliners in check.

Why the LGBT label runs the risk of erasing other non-normative sexual identities in Indonesia.

Why Ahok should brace for more racial and religious politics in Jakarta's race for governor.

An unusual test case for tolerance in Indonesia and Ahok's resilience.

What happened to Indonesia's moderate Islamic voices?

A dangerous precedent for Indonesia's democracy.

Jakarta’s election and elites’ control of Indonesia’s national politics.

Images from inside Indonesia's latest mass mobilisation to defend Islam.

Why political Islam has made a major comeback in Indonesia.

Survey experiment shows that Ahok's Chinese background matters most to voters.

It's not just justice at stake, writes Esther Kuntjara.

Reviving an old burial tradition worrying for local democracy.

New policy tackles long overlooked challenge.

Social transfers and distributive politics in the race to be Jakarta's next governor.

Terminated treaties and a standoff in the Timor Sea.

Opening government through open communication channels.

Unsolved murders and the role of security forces in Indonesia's troubled region.

Indonesia's military marches the country down a perilous path.

Public service in a patron-client government.

Pancagila’s ‘five crazy principles’ and a rising challenge for Indonesia’s ideology.