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Indonesia
National Affairs
Turning away from Indonesia
Edward Aspinall
14 December 2020
Signs suggest that Australia hasn’t learned from its experience with China
Books & Arts
Zeitgeist’s man
Edward Aspinall
31 August 2020
Books
| Is there a pattern to the presidency of Indonesia’s Joko Widodo?
Books & Arts
Off-water matters
Hamish McDonald
17 June 2020
Books
| Australia can’t afford to take its nearest neighbours for granted
National Affairs
Will Australia turn its back on Indonesia?
Adam Triggs
13 April 2020
There’s a cost-free way for the Reserve Bank to help our largest neighbour avoid defaulting on its loans
International
What was that election for again?
Liam Gammon
25 October 2019
The make-up of Joko Widodo’s second-term cabinet confirms worrying trends
Correspondents
“This is the next East Timor”
Nic Maclellan
7 October 2019
As Indonesia tightens its grip on West Papua, Pacific nations are pushing for a negotiated solution
International
The wrong kind of momentum in Indonesia?
Tim Colebatch
11 September 2019
Experts gather in Canberra to analyse a thriving democracy that could take an authoritarian turn
International
Indonesia’s new era of ideological competition
Edward Aspinall
30 April 2019
The election count is still incomplete, but it’s now clear there’s more to Indonesian politics than pragmatism and patronage alone
International
Old strategy with a new twist
Dave McCrae and Dirk Tomsa
15 April 2019
Why is the likely loser of the Indonesian election already crying foul?
International
Indonesia’s polarisation paradox
Ross Tapsell
28 March 2019
Has social media created an artificial atmosphere around this year’s election?
International
Indonesian democracy’s gathering clouds
Tim Colebatch
21 September 2018
On balance, it’s been a good first term for the Indonesian president. But is he putting the gains in danger?
Essays & Reportage
A generous man caught in the system
Andrew Dodd
2 August 2017
Living in limbo, his options narrowing, Aziz survives on his wits in the Indonesian capital
Correspondents
Battling asbestos, one step at a time
Tom Greenwell
11 May 2017
Recent events have revealed the power of the asbestos industry – and, in Indonesia, a powerful determination to fight it
International
Testing Indonesia’s tolerance
Edward Aspinall
18 April 2017
Will sectarian divisions decide Jakarta’s election for governor this week?
International
Post-truth politics in Southeast Asia
Ross Tapsell
17 February 2017
Two recent elections show how vigorous and often misleading online campaigns can derail the facts
Books & Arts
The steady gaze
18 June 2015
Cinema
| From the Sydney Film Festival
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
The Pearl Button
and
The Look of Silence
International
Out of sight, out of mind
Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin
14 April 2015
Stopping the boats masks a bleak waiting game for refugees and asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia, write
Antje Missbach
and
Anne McNevin
Correspondents
“Of course I’m going to try to save my citizens from execution”
Ross Tapsell
31 March 2015
In Indonesia, executions are less about effective policy and more about feelings of nationalism and sovereignty, writes
Ross Tapsell
in Jakarta
Books & Arts
Will Indonesia be great?
Jacqui Baker
4 December 2014
Two new books capture the diversity of Indonesia, writes
Jacqui Baker
. But does something get lost in the detail?
National Affairs
“Our boats, our people, our knowledge”
Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin
5 November 2014
Australia is sending dubious messages to Indonesian fishing communities, write
Antje Missbach
and
Anne McNevin
International
Fear and favour
Ross Tapsell
16 July 2014
The polarisation of Indonesia’s media during the election campaign has renewed the debate over the nexus between proprietors and politics, writes
Ross Tapsell
International
Prabowo versus democracy in Indonesia
4 July 2014
Despite his protestations to the contrary, Prabowo Subianto is determined he will seek a popular mandate just this once, write
Marcus Mietzner
and
Edward Aspinall
International
Indonesia on the knife’s edge
Edward Aspinall
17 June 2014
The outside world should be worried by the possibility that Prabowo Subianto could become Indonesian president, writes
Edward Aspinall
, but the biggest losers will be…
International
Indonesia’s next governing coalition: taking a progressive turn?
Dominic Berger
14 April 2014
The likely makeup of the next Indonesian government gives cause for optimism, writes
Dominic Berger
Correspondents
The puzzle of Rusdi Kirana and Islamic politics
6 April 2014
Parachuted into the senior ranks of the National Awakening Party, the ethnic Chinese businessman has helped changed the equation among Islamic parties in Indonesia, writes…
Correspondents
The Jokowi phenomenon
Ross Tapsell
16 January 2014
In Jakarta,
Ross Tapsell
profiles the city governor who could be the next president of Indonesia
National Affairs
Australia’s Jakarta phone-tapping: was it illegal?
27 November 2013
Alison Pert
looks at the domestic and international legality of phone-tapping and espionage
Books & Arts
The lion and the Lion City
Chris Lydgate
12 February 2013
Chris Lydgate
reviews a new biography of Stamford Raffles, the contradictory colonialist who founded Singapore, and an account of a trip through the modern-day city state…
National Affairs
Fifty years on, Australia’s Papua policy is still failing
Richard Chauvel
27 September 2012
Indonesia’s President Yudhoyono isn’t getting the right kind of encouragement to create a long-term solution
National Affairs
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Savitri Taylor
21 December 2011
The weekend’s boat tragedy makes the need for regional cooperation more urgent than ever, writes
Savitri Taylor
. The good news is that real progress has already been made
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