19 Nov 2018
Indonesia’s elections: Jokowi-Ma’ruf appeal to middle ground
<p>Jokowi’s running mate Ma’ruf Amin is reinventing himself as a proponent of moderate Islam.</p>
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16 Nov 2018
Indonesia’s election: Jokowi vs Prabowo
The campaign patterns are already clear, with Jokowi’s steady-as-you-go message up against Prabowo’s nationalist pitch. -
13 Nov 2018
Indonesia: Bela Negara action plan and pandering to the military
Is Jokowi’s implementation of a military-run nationalist program a hedging strategy for the upcoming election? -
2 Nov 2018
Sadly, again, Indonesia fails on transport safety
The country’s deadliest airline crash in two decades underscores the need to finally address an appalling record. -
26 Oct 2018
Indonesia: populism and politicisation of Islam
The terrorism threat in Southeast Asia fundamentally changed over 15 years, but Indonesian laws struggled to adapt. -
25 Oct 2018
Indonesia’s anti-terror law: crisis to consensus
How Indonesia moves rapidly from statement to agreement on contentious revisions to anti-terror laws. -
9 Oct 2018
Food for thought: Sulawesi’s “healing kitchens”
Local women immediately saw getting food to survivors was practical help in the chaos after the devastating disaster. -
30 Sep 2018
Sulawesi tsunami: how Australia can best help
A rapid response with cash, immediate and unconditional, is often most effective aid in the wake of natural disaster. -
3 Sep 2018
Lessons of yet another Indonesian blasphemy case
Corruption permeates the Indonesian courts, making the perception of a country abiding the rule of law a sad illusion. -
31 Aug 2018
The chance to urge religious freedom in Indonesia
On his trip to Jakarta, Scott Morrison should raise the disturbing trend to repress religious minorities in Indonesia. -
30 Aug 2018
Economic diplomacy: Indonesia, trade deals and TPP
After a breakthrough with Jakarta, will Aussie-trained Indonesian workers be welcomed into Australia to improve skills? -
28 Aug 2018
Indonesia: running mates spark controversy
As the election race heats up, the economy is Jokowi’s likely vulnerability; meanwhile Prabowo boosts campaign coffers. -
22 Aug 2018
The dark side of the Asian Games
A costly gloss of glitz and glamour for Jakarta’s sports diplomacy cannot disguise some ugly challenges Indonesia faces. -
9 Aug 2018
Indonesia: speaking for rights
Amnesty International’s entry into Indonesia will help to hold Jokowi to account ahead of national elections in 2019. -
16 Jul 2018
Indonesian tourism booms, Australia misses out
Despite high visa compliance rates among Indonesians, Australian policies discourage them from holidaying down under. -
9 Jul 2018
Indonesia’s elections and the local result
Analysts should be wary of using regional elections as a guide for the 2019 presidential race. -
20 Jun 2018
When Indonesia sits on the Security Council
Winning a seat at the premier UN forum is a chance to see Southeast Asian issues on the world agenda. -
8 Jun 2018
Indonesia’s LGBT crackdown
Despite abandoning attempts to make same-sex relationships a crime, the politics around the LGBT community remains a flashpoint in Indonesia. -
6 Jun 2018
In conversation: Indonesian sectarianism
Ima Abdulrahim and Sandra Hamid talk religion and politics in Indonesia with the Lowy Institute’s Matthew Busch. -
31 May 2018
Student politics: Indonesians confront China prejudice
Allegations of communist indoctrination of Indonesian students in China again shows the country’s struggle to reconcile tropes of the past. -
28 May 2018
Australia can help Indonesia kick the habit
Tobacco use is cruelling Indonesia’s potential, and anti-smoking education should be a priority for Australian aid. -
28 May 2018
Terror suspects’ riot in Jakarta underscores prison problems
Greater coordination and information sharing is required for deradicalisation efforts to be effective. -
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22 May 2018
Broad strokes: Indonesian art and 20 years of Reformasi
Yogyakarta-based artist Eko Nugroho fears self-censorship is again growing in Indonesia’s otherwise flourishing art scene. -
18 May 2018
Indonesia: a concrete block and a hard case
A unique protest has still failed to cement support for Indonesian farmers. -
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26 Apr 2018
Beyond scandal: Facebook and Indonesian politics
More than a million Indonesian profiles are said to have been compromised in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. -
18 Apr 2018
Caught in a pincer
The biggest destabilising player in Melanesia over the past five years has not been China, but Indonesia. -
18 Apr 2018
A new take on violence in Indonesian Papua
Violence outside the spectacle of insurgency continues, as mundane as it is pervasive. -
11 Apr 2018
Entrepreneurial traffic in the Jakarta jam
Ride-hailing apps are all the rage in Indonesia’s capital, but an old favourite is chugging on. -
9 Apr 2018
Borneo oil spill costs Indonesia’s poor
<p>Marine pollution and its impact on ocean life represents a major threat to coastal communities.</p> -
4 Apr 2018
Indonesia’s fishy furore
A policy of catching and destroying poachers’ boats has made a celebrity of the Fisheries Minister. -
29 Mar 2018
Indonesia: millennials’ party
A party for the youth of Indonesia has won over social media, but still faces plenty of obstacles to success. -
29 Mar 2018
Timor Trough: the rumpled carpet on the sea floor
A Timor Sea maritime boundary beyond the median line was never reasonable. -
28 Mar 2018
Indonesia: countering a message of hate
Efforts to tackle radicalisation are being held back by a lack of knowledge and problems of official coordination. -
20 Mar 2018
Indonesia’s “Islamic diplomacy” seeks to broker an Afghan peace
This is not the first time Jakarta has sought opportunities by mediating a peace process, but there are plenty of obstacles. -
16 Mar 2018
Australia–Indonesia: strangers next door
Two-way tensions, fears, and misunderstandings signal that bilateral ties face a bumpy ride ahead. -
12 Mar 2018
Countering youth radicalisation in Indonesia
A visit to an ornate Catholic church is one of several ways Indonesians are seeking to challenge hard-line Muslim attitudes. -
8 Mar 2018
Surmounting Indonesia’s education problems
The challenge is cyclical: if a degree from an overseas university is seen as a better investment, why demand better teaching back home? -
6 Mar 2018
The Timor Trough – two separate shelves
In maritime boundary negotiations with Indonesia, Canberra argued the seabed between Australia and Timor comprised two separate continental shelves. -
1 Mar 2018
Quality over quantity: Indonesia’s education challenge
Debates about opening up Indonesia’s education system might also allow the country to grow its income. -
28 Feb 2018
Shrugging Indonesia’s inferiority complex
Australia should be watching the foreign policy renaissance in Jakarta with keen interest. -
26 Feb 2018
Improving education quality in Indonesia is no easy task
Indonesia’s education problem is a matter of politics and power. -
16 Feb 2018
Sensitivity as Indonesia grapples with a measles outbreak in Papua
An epidemic might be the focus but illustrates a long-term problem across eastern Indonesia. -
9 Feb 2018
Punitive measures: Indonesia’s new draft criminal code
Talk of criminalising homosexual acts and prison terms for adultery has many Indonesians worried. -
30 Jan 2018
The chosen one: Djarot’s surprise bid to govern North Sumatra
A short stint as governor of Jakarta has catapulted Indonesia’s Djarot Saiful Hidayat to national prominence. -
29 Jan 2018
Indonesia–US relations: sweating the small stuff
The strategic big picture was missing when US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis visited Jakarta. -
23 Jan 2018
Will Jakarta no longer be Indonesia’s capital?
Talk of relocating the Indonesian capital is just that – talk. -
12 Jan 2018
Revisiting the 1972 seabed boundary negotiations with Indonesia
Making a judgement in the present about events in the past is fraught with difficulties. -
10 Jan 2018
Indonesia elections: Three factors that will shape the political trajectory of 2018
The military and police are far from a spent force in Indonesia.