Indonesia

On the ground insights from the anti-Ahok rallies

How recent protests attracted hundreds of thousands.

Why the Jokowi administration’s handling of the Ahok case deserves credit.

Why bold reforms are critical for success.

How political Islam is growing steadily on Indonesia's national stage.

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

The bitter taste behind Jokowi's tea drinking politics.

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

How the Javanese turn chronology into a beautiful artform.

Is history repeating itself in Indonesia?

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.

Food & travel writer Sheridan Rogers joins PoP this week to explore Yogyakarta's traditional food, gudeg .

The unintended consequences of Indonesia's Village Law.

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

Elisabeth Kramer's search for the grave of an Australian killed by the Dutch during Indonesia's war of independence