The Onset of ‘De-Jokowi-sation’ in Indonesian Politics?
Made Supriatma
Eight months into the job, President Prabowo Subianto appears to have started trimming the sails of his powerful predecessor.

Made Supriatma
Eight months into the job, President Prabowo Subianto appears to have started trimming the sails of his powerful predecessor.
Max Lane
After months of speculation about what a Prabowo government would be like, the picture has become clearer. A large parliamentary coalition, also described as a ‘political cartel’, has coalesced to support Prabowo and his government. The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) stands as the only party that is neither a part nor a supporter of this coalition.
Max Lane
From two different May Day events in Jakarta, divergent approaches in negotiating workers’ aims and rights in Indonesia can be discerned.
Max Lane
Indonesia’s main opposition party faces both a succession and an identity crisis.
Max Lane
Indonesia’s civil society and university campuses have long been a bellwether for military overreach. The current mood among resistors is distinctly anxious.
Fannesa Adisty Laksmita
Indonesia’s presidents keep trying to make food estates work but the scheme will fall short without engaging the true stakeholders and honestly assessing the project’s merits.
Najwa Abdullah
Apart from his political legacy, former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan might have left a lasting policy and bureaucratic impact on how Jakarta develops as an urban city, quite apart from its identity as the nation’s capital, which it is about to shed.
Burhanuddin Muhtadi
The series of student and civil society protests across Indonesia and some recent surveys reveal a middle class for which all is not well.
Maria Monica Wihardja|Chatib Basri
We must get Indonesia’s middle-class narrative right to devise appropriate policy responses. While some argue that the middle class has grown, the evidence tells a more sobering story.
Iim Halimatusa’diyah|Najwa Abdullah
A popular band’s retraction of a song critical of corruption in Indonesia highlights the chill in the political climate against outward dissent and activism.