People attend an exhibition of Russian equipment destroyed by the armed forces of Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine, Aug. 11, 2022.
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Democratic nation-states were supposed to be the legitimate successors of empires. It hasn’t quite worked out that way in the past century, and Russia’s war on Ukraine is a reflection of that.
Workers harvesting crops in a Dutch East Indies’ plantation.
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Economic inequality during the Dutch East Indies era varied radically, depending on where you look. What made the income distribution different from one region to another?
Indonesians during the country’s revolutionary period in the 1940s.
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To understand the politics of “Bersiap”, we must refrain from the dichotomous framing of Netherlands/Indonesia as us/them that has plagued years of public debate on the two countries’ colonial past.
Panoramic view of the Batavia ship exterior oak planking.
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Indonesia’s physicians were active in the nationalist movement. They were involved in associations and political parties. They also became authors and activists.