7 May 2025 Fear of Military Interference in Politics Runs Deep in Indonesia 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. Indonesia Indonesian Law Indonesian Military Indonesian Politics
28 Apr 2025 Indonesia’s Food Estates: Why Poor Public Policy Persists 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. Food Security Indonesia Indonesian Politics
11 Apr 2025 Reassessing Anies Baswedan’s Legacy in Jakarta: Institutionalising Collaboration to Address Urban Challenges 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. Anies Baswedan Indonesia Indonesian Politics
10 Apr 2025 ‘Dark Indonesia’ and the Anxiety of Indonesian Middle Class 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. Indonesia Indonesian Economy Indonesian Politics
27 Mar 2025 Growing or Shrinking? How Indonesia’s Middle Class is Really Doing 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. Indonesia Indonesian Economy Indonesian Politics
20 Mar 2025 Sound of Resistance: Indonesian Youth Expression of Social and Political Critique 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. Civil Society Indonesia Indonesian Politics Youth
20 Mar 2025 Shaping Indonesia’s Democracy: Youth Alight Amidst #DarkIndonesia Yanuar Nugroho|Made Supriatma Indonesia’s youth protests today call to mind past cases of student activism in the quarter century of post-reform democracy since the fall of Suharto. Will history repeat itself? Indonesia Indonesian Politics Protest Youth
7 Mar 2025 Indonesia: Towards a Durable Political Order? Muhammad Fajar Can the current president, who seems politically stronger than his predecessor, sustain the big-tent coalition that brought him power? Indonesia Indonesian Politics Prabowo Subianto
3 Mar 2025 Prabowo Should Take Heed of Discontent Among Indonesian Youth Iim Halimatusa’diyah|Norshahril Saat Indonesian youth are unhappy about the state of their country, even more so when compared to their counterparts in other ASEAN countries. The government should take heed of such discontent Indonesia Indonesian Politics Youth
27 Feb 2025 Joko Widodo, Prabowo, and Nahdlatul Ulama Syafiq Hasyim Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation missed out on the most significant ministerial portfolio – religious affairs – despite supporting presidential candidate Prabowo. What now? Indonesia Indonesian Elections Indonesian Politics Religion
