A dysfunctional accountability mechanism inhibits progress.

Incorporating women's experiences and skills would improve pandemic responses.

Patronage politics, like those predominant in South Kalimantan, are a crucial factor exacerbating climate disasters, and governments rely heavily on inadequate technological solutions to mitigate floods.

Losing key Parliamentary functions exacerbates a lack of “checks and balances”

Public opinion should force the Indonesian government to consider and adjust its policies and responses to China in the South China Sea.

China’s domestic and foreign policy actions indirectly affect prejudice against Chinese Indonesians

Will the crackdown demonstrate the powerlessness of Islamists or serve as a unifying issue?

"Spineless politicians, feckless government bureaucrats, and narrow-minded ulama officials" stand in the way of religious freedom in Indonesia.

Islamists continue to mobilise based on political considerations rather than science and public health concerns.

A utopian vision with glimpses of a dystopian future.

After two decades of enormous social change on global and local scales, what role will art and artists play in Indonesia’s future?

What exactly was the relationship between the real Tan Malaka and his fictional alter ego?

Perceived religious prohibition, vaccine coercion, anti-Chinese sentiment and reliance on alternative health and hygiene practices are contributing to low vaccination acceptance.

Protecting rural indigenous people’s control over food resources is linked to the wellbeing of migrant workers in the cities.

Local media are failing to supervise regional Indonesia, with many relying on government PR budgets or politicians’ fresh cash.

Losing key Parliamentary functions exacerbates a lack of “checks and balances”

The current arrangements slow initial local responses without a corresponding payoff.

Neighbourhood leaders enjoy high levels of public trust but concerns about legitimacy and conflict limit the extent to which they can implement COVID-19 restrictions.

An influx of new ideas might boost rural and coastal sectors, but unemployment looms large too.

The approach used in the creation of these policies ignores that women may face more difficulty in accessing the promised benefits.

Indonesian disability activists are leading action to assess needs and advocate for the inclusivity in the government's COVID-19 response.

The co-existence of Indonesia’s competitive elections with illiberal trends appears contradictory but the two are in fact interrelated.

Lawmakers have an opportunity to work with experts in civil society and academia to make politics less dependent on financial sponsors.

Bipartisanship and problems of representation in Indonesian politics.