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  • 22 Jan 2019
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: releasing Abu Bakar Ba’asyir wrong on all counts

    Sidney Jones
    A decision to release the notorious extremist only leaves Jokowi looking weak, out-manoeuvred, and poorly advised.
  • 7 Dec 2018
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia has a stake in Australia’s Lombrum plans too

    Evan A Laksmana
    The Australian debate over the Lobrum naval base almost entirely ignores Indonesia.
  • 27 Nov 2018
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Israel embassy debacle: can Australia strongarm Indonesia again?

    Ross Taylor
    Should Morrison play hardball with Indonesia on the proposal to move the Australian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem?
  • 19 Nov 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s elections: Jokowi-Ma’ruf appeal to middle ground

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
    <p>Jokowi’s running mate Ma’ruf Amin is reinventing himself as a proponent of moderate Islam.</p>
  • 16 Nov 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s election: Jokowi vs Prabowo

    Peter McCawley
    The campaign patterns are already clear, with Jokowi’s steady-as-you-go message up against Prabowo’s nationalist pitch.
  • 13 Nov 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: Bela Negara action plan and pandering to the military

    Luke Lischin
    Is Jokowi’s implementation of a military-run nationalist program a hedging strategy for the upcoming election?
  • 2 Nov 2018
    • Indonesia

    Sadly, again, Indonesia fails on transport safety

    Aisyah Llewellyn
    The country’s deadliest airline crash in two decades underscores the need to finally address an appalling record.
  • 26 Oct 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: populism and politicisation of Islam

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
    The terrorism threat in Southeast Asia fundamentally changed over 15 years, but Indonesian laws struggled to adapt.
  • 25 Oct 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s anti-terror law: crisis to consensus

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
    How Indonesia moves rapidly from statement to agreement on contentious revisions to anti-terror laws.
  • 9 Oct 2018
    • Indonesia

    Food for thought: Sulawesi’s “healing kitchens”

    Febriana Firdaus
    Local women immediately saw getting food to survivors was practical help in the chaos after the devastating disaster.
  • 30 Sep 2018
    • Indonesia

    Sulawesi tsunami: how Australia can best help

    Peter McCawley
    A rapid response with cash, immediate and unconditional, is often most effective aid in the wake of natural disaster.
  • 3 Sep 2018
    • Indonesia

    Lessons of yet another Indonesian blasphemy case

    Sidney Jones
    Corruption permeates the Indonesian courts, making the perception of a country abiding the rule of law a sad illusion.
  • 31 Aug 2018
    • Indonesia

    The chance to urge religious freedom in Indonesia

    Elaine Pearson
    On his trip to Jakarta, Scott Morrison should raise the disturbing trend to repress religious minorities in Indonesia.
  • 30 Aug 2018
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Malaysia

    Economic diplomacy: Indonesia, trade deals and TPP

    Greg Earl
    After a breakthrough with Jakarta, will Aussie-trained Indonesian workers be welcomed into Australia to improve skills?
  • 28 Aug 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: running mates spark controversy

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
    As the election race heats up, the economy is Jokowi’s likely vulnerability; meanwhile Prabowo boosts campaign coffers.
  • 22 Aug 2018
    • Indonesia

    The dark side of the Asian Games

    Aisyah Llewellyn
    A costly gloss of glitz and glamour for Jakarta’s sports diplomacy cannot disguise some ugly challenges Indonesia faces.
  • 9 Aug 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: speaking for rights

    Max Walden
    Amnesty International’s entry into Indonesia will help to hold Jokowi to account ahead of national elections in 2019.
  • 16 Jul 2018
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Indonesian tourism booms, Australia misses out

    Ross Taylor
    Despite high visa compliance rates among Indonesians, Australian policies discourage them from holidaying down under.
  • 9 Jul 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s elections and the local result

    Aisyah Llewellyn
    Analysts should be wary of using regional elections as a guide for the 2019 presidential race.
  • 20 Jun 2018
    • United Nations
    • Indonesia

    When Indonesia sits on the Security Council

    Sian Troath
    Winning a seat at the premier UN forum is a chance to see Southeast Asian issues on the world agenda.
  • 8 Jun 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s LGBT crackdown

    Febriana Firdaus
    Despite abandoning attempts to make same-sex relationships a crime, the politics around the LGBT community remains a flashpoint in Indonesia.
  • 6 Jun 2018
    • Indonesia

    In conversation: Indonesian sectarianism

    Matthew Busch
    Ima Abdulrahim and Sandra Hamid talk religion and politics in Indonesia with the Lowy Institute’s Matthew Busch.
  • 31 May 2018
    • Indonesia

    Student politics: Indonesians confront China prejudice

    Aisyah Llewellyn
    Allegations of communist indoctrination of Indonesian students in China again shows the country’s struggle to reconcile tropes of the past.
  • 28 May 2018
    • Indonesia

    Australia can help Indonesia kick the habit 

    Madeleine Randell
    Tobacco use is cruelling Indonesia’s potential, and anti-smoking education should be a priority for Australian aid.
  • 28 May 2018
    • Indonesia

    Terror suspects’ riot in Jakarta underscores prison problems

    Cameron Sumpter
    Greater coordination and information sharing is required for deradicalisation efforts to be effective.
  • 23 May 2018
    • Indonesia

    Quitting cigarettes in Indonesia

    Stephen Grenville
    Never forget to read the fine print.
  • 22 May 2018
    • Indonesia

    Broad strokes: Indonesian art and 20 years of Reformasi

    Erin Cook
    Yogyakarta-based artist Eko Nugroho fears self-censorship is again growing in Indonesia’s otherwise flourishing art scene.
  • 18 May 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: a concrete block and a hard case

    Kate Walton
    A unique protest has still failed to cement support for Indonesian farmers.
  • 15 May 2018
    • Terrorism
    • Indonesia

    Surabaya and the ISIS family

    Sidney Jones
    From the beginning, ISIS has been a family affair.
  • 26 Apr 2018
    • Indonesia

    Beyond scandal: Facebook and Indonesian politics

    Erin Cook
    More than a million Indonesian profiles are said to have been compromised in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  • 18 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • China
    • Indonesia

    Caught in a pincer

    Ben Bohane
    The biggest destabilising player in Melanesia over the past five years has not been China, but Indonesia.
  • 18 Apr 2018
    • Indonesia

    A new take on violence in Indonesian Papua 

    Bobby Anderson
    Violence outside the spectacle of insurgency continues, as mundane as it is pervasive.
  • 11 Apr 2018
    • Indonesia

    Entrepreneurial traffic in the Jakarta jam

    Erin Cook
    Ride-hailing apps are all the rage in Indonesia’s capital, but an old favourite is chugging on.
  • 9 Apr 2018
    • Indonesia

    Borneo oil spill costs Indonesia’s poor

    Kate Walton
    <p>Marine pollution and its impact on ocean life represents a major threat to coastal communities.</p>
  • 4 Apr 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s fishy furore

    Aisyah Llewellyn
    A policy of catching and destroying poachers’ boats has made a celebrity of the Fisheries Minister.
  • 29 Mar 2018
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: millennials’ party

    Febriana Firdaus
    A party for the youth of Indonesia has won over social media, but still faces plenty of obstacles to success.
  • 29 Mar 2018
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste
    • Indonesia

    Timor Trough: the rumpled carpet on the sea floor

    Brendan Duffy
    A Timor Sea maritime boundary beyond the median line was never reasonable.
  • 28 Mar 2018
    • Terrorism
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia: countering a message of hate

    Kate Grealy
    Efforts to tackle radicalisation are being held back by a lack of knowledge and problems of official coordination.
  • 20 Mar 2018
    • Afghanistan
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s “Islamic diplomacy” seeks to broker an Afghan peace

    Ahmad Rizky M. Umar
    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

    Australia–Indonesia: strangers next door

    Tim Lindsey , Dave McRae
    Two-way tensions, fears, and misunderstandings signal that bilateral ties face a bumpy ride ahead.
  • 12 Mar 2018
    • Terrorism
    • Indonesia

    Countering youth radicalisation in Indonesia

    Cameron Sumpter
    A visit to an ornate Catholic church is one of several ways Indonesians are seeking to challenge hard-line Muslim attitudes.
  • 8 Mar 2018
    • Indonesia

    Surmounting Indonesia’s education problems

    Erin Cook
    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
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste
    • Indonesia

    The Timor Trough – two separate shelves

    John Carlson
    In maritime boundary negotiations with Indonesia, Canberra argued the seabed between Australia and Timor comprised two separate continental shelves.
  • 1 Mar 2018
    • Indonesia

    Quality over quantity: Indonesia’s education challenge

    Kevin Evans
    Debates about opening up Indonesia’s education system might also allow the country to grow its income.
  • 28 Feb 2018
    • Indonesia

    Shrugging Indonesia’s inferiority complex

    Sian Troath
    Australia should be watching the foreign policy renaissance in Jakarta with keen interest.
  • 26 Feb 2018
    • Indonesia

    Improving education quality in Indonesia is no easy task

    Andrew Rosser
    Indonesia’s education problem is a matter of politics and power.
  • 16 Feb 2018
    • Indonesia

    Sensitivity as Indonesia grapples with a measles outbreak in Papua

    Kate Walton
    An epidemic might be the focus but illustrates a long-term problem across eastern Indonesia.
  • 9 Feb 2018
    • Indonesia

    Punitive measures: Indonesia’s new draft criminal code

    Aisyah Llewellyn
    Talk of criminalising homosexual acts and prison terms for adultery has many Indonesians worried.
  • 30 Jan 2018
    • Indonesia

    The chosen one: Djarot’s surprise bid to govern North Sumatra

    Aisyah Llewellyn
    A short stint as governor of Jakarta has catapulted Indonesia’s Djarot Saiful Hidayat to national prominence.
  • 29 Jan 2018
    • United States
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia–US relations: sweating the small stuff

    Evan A Laksmana
    The strategic big picture was missing when US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis visited Jakarta.
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