The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has cancelled events discussing the 1965 Indonesian massacres, after police threatened to revoke the festival permit.
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Indonesia has carried out campaigns against corruption. But they don’t seem to be working very well. Why is that?
The world’s rainforests are still being slashed and burned at a dizzying rate to make consumer products. But now there are signs of real political will, especially in Asia, to rein in the destruction.
A brutal anti-communist purge 50 years ago plunged its literature into obscurity. But now, Indonesia is the Guest of Honour of the world’s largest book festival. What do you know about its literature?
Arguably Indonesia’s most significant leftist film director and theorist, Bachtiar Siagian, was among the millions who fell prey to the communist purge carried out between 1965 and 1966.
In a watershed moment for Indonesia’s history, the deadly 1965 anti-communist purge transformed Indonesia from an independent Asian nation in the midst of Cold War into a pro-Western country.
The killing of six army generals on October 1, 1965, became a pretext to destroy Indonesia’s communist party.
Scientists and policymakers - aware of the extreme dry season of El Nino - have warned of fires in Indonesia months in advance. Why then, do fires continue to blaze and what is being done about it?
Australian primary school teachers are involved in a social movement to make schools in Indonesia a fun place to learn.
For the past two centuries, Australia got many of the big calls on global engagement right. In our third century, there are worrying signs that we have not fully grasped what the rise of Asia means.
As Southeast Asian countries countries gear up for its ASEAN Economic Community Indonesia should look into setting up special economic zones together with bordering countries.
Diving in many parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia now costs a little more than it used to – but you might be happy to discover why.
A group of young Indonesian scientists set a science agenda for the country.
We asked experts on Indonesian politics and economy how they see the August 12 cabinet reshuffle.
Capital punishment is unfairly imposed, innocent people are regularly condemned and it is patently ineffective in deterring crime. So why to states retain the death penalty?
What happens beneath the surface before a volcano erupts? Can we predict when one will blow? And how can typhoons and melting glaciers contribute to big eruptions?
On balance, it seems that the Australia-Indonesia relationship is more or less back to its usual setting – where “usual setting” means “fragile”.
When it comes to advertising luxury brands, marketers tend to see the world as one homogenous lump. It’s time they wised up.
There needs to be less Indonesian government involvement in the live cattle trade, as with other commodities like grains.
Restriction on import quotas is part of Indonesian government’s policy to reach beef self-sufficiency.
Top contributors
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Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Associate Lecturer, School of Government, Universitas Jendral Achmad Yani
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Lecturer in International Relations, Binus University
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Professor, Bielefeld University
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PhD Candidate in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Assistant Professor in International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
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Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)
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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
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Lead, Communications and Outreach, Australia-Indonesia Centre
