Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan – This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the Dili massacre, when 270 East Timorese – including Malaysian-New Zealander Kamal Bamadhaj – were killed when Indonesian troop

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Gubernatorial candidates Anies Baswedan and Agus Yudhoyono now bear the responsibility of keeping the already tense Jakarta gubernatorial race from descending further into s

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Esther Anderson – When Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits Australia this coming week, he may be surprised to find that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are designated official f

Ian Wilson – In a city where demonstrations are a daily almost banal occurrence, one scheduled for 4 November has left Jakarta on an uncharacteristic edge.

It might be the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese cosmology but where Indonesians are concerned this might as well be the Year of the Horse.

Dr Budi Hernawan – Since the United Liberation Movement for West Papua was established in December 2014 in Vanuatu, Papua's international diplomacy has gained a new momentum.

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The nation has refreshed calls for a resolution to the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib aboard a Garuda Indonesia flight in September 2004, sad

Sidney Jones – If anyone wonders why Indonesia has been ineffective in curbing extremism, the anti-Ahok campaign provides an object lesson.

Andhyta Firselly Utami – 'Being a young, female Indonesian myself, I expected myself to celebrate Nara Masista Rakhmatia's UN General Assembly speech. Instead, I was gravely disappointed.

Steven Schubert – Donald Trump would provoke instability and world disorder if he becomes the US president, according to Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of Timor-Leste, Jose Ramos-Hor

Ken Setiawan – Last week, the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) confirmed strong suspicions long held by the Indonesian human rights community.

The latest visit by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo raises both hope and worry. Can he win over the hearts and minds of people in Papua and West Papua?

Esther Anderson – It is now more than 50 years since Indonesia took over what had been briefly declared as independent West Papua in 1961.

Maire Leadbeater – Something remarkable happened this year at the United Nations General Assembly.

Twelve years ago the prominent human rights defender Munir Said Thalib was assassinated aboard his flight to the Netherlands, with investigators blaming juice laced with arsenic.

I met Eka (not her real name) in 2014. After traveling for hours on pothole-filled road, I finally reached her village in Cianjur, in West Java.

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – Indonesia's stance on Papua at the UN General Assembly in New York last month recalled its firm denials of human rights abuses in East Timor in the late 1990s.

Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Sydney – For the past two months the Indonesian Military (TNI) has promoted a number of officers who were involved in past crimes to key positions in strategic state institutions

Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is celebrating its 71st anniversary on Wednesday in a modest but solemn manner. TNI commander Gen.

Mungo MacCallum – It may sound unpatriotic, but I could not help cheering when the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague brought down its decision last week against Australia.

Taufiq Hanafi, Leiden, The Netherlands – In the preface to the textbook Sejarah Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National History, 1990), historian and former education minister Nugroho Notosusanto d

Budi Hernawan, Jakarta – In an unprecedented move, seven UN member states from the Pacific raised their concerted voices on Papua during the prestigious 71st session of the UN General Assembly in N

Hao Duy Phan – On April 11, 2016, Timor-Leste initiated compulsory non-binding conciliation proceedings against Australia under Annex V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLO

Hamish McDonald, Gleno, East Timor – As we drive along a potholed road leading out of this little town into the cool highlands of East Timor, Peter Dougan stops to look at coffee berries laid out t

Australia must meet Timor-Leste halfway over their disputed sea border and the lucrative oil and gas reserves that lie beneath, writes Ines de Almeida.

Development of the Greater Sunrise gas field is the key to the economic future of Timor-Leste, but an almost two-decade-long maritime territorial dispute with Australia could see ordinary Timorese

The government, House of Representatives and General Elections Commission (KPU) are testing the conscience of voters who will elect their leaders in the simultaneous regional elections scheduled fo

Wang Hui – The disputes between Australia and its smaller neighbor East Timor over maritime boundaries could serve as a useful lens for others to see through the double standard of some Western cou

Wu Qiang, Beijing – The still fledgling Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste has taken Australia to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague over their maritime boundary dispute.

Christian Donny Putranto – The Indonesian Military (TNI) recently promoted four officials to the rank of brigadier general, at the same time as they were granted senior positions in the Ministry of

Callum Smith – Commenting on a certain international maritime dispute, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said, "this is an important decision, it is one that has been made in accordance wi

Su Hao and Wang Zheng – The South China Sea disputes should be resolved between China and other claimants, but countries from outside have intervened, making the regional situation more sophisticat

Stephen Grenville – Senator Wong urges the Australian government to commit to an international process of dispute resolution to settle the maritime border between Australia and Timor Leste.

Australia and East Timor are at loggerheads over drawing a maritime boundary to finally and permanently resolve the division of undersea oil and gas resources.

Victoria Fanggidae, Jakarta – Improving productivity and competitiveness is at the heart of Nawacita, the nine-point development agenda of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo government.

Penny Wong – The Turnbull's government rejection of an international commission's jurisdiction over the maritime boundary dispute with Timor-Leste is a deeply disappointing development.

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Although East Timor is doing much better than it was, it is still very fragile. And the Timor Sea dispute could undo much of the progress that has been made.

Timor-Leste once agreed to let the maritime boundary question rest for 50 years. What changed?

This week's conciliation talks in The Hague give Australia a new chance to do the right thing by East Timor to help it secure its future

Australia has injected last-minute intrigue into the opening of compulsory conciliation proceedings over the unsettled maritime border with Timor-Leste.

Irine Hiraswari Gayatri, Jakarta – Two years after the latest direct presidential election we are still hearing an outcry, despite having a "man of the people" in power.

Daniel Peterson – Presidential Spokesman Johan Budi recently announced that the Joko Widodo government was not interested in protecting the rights of Indonesia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen

Ah Maftuchan, Jakarta – The acceleration of infrastructure development is the key program of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – In July, Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo courted controversy by appointing a former New Order general who has been accused of human rights abuses, Wir

Phelim Kine – Here's the glaring omission in Australian Attorney-General George Brandis' list of issues raised with Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Jakarta this month: human rights.

Raynov Gultom, Jakarta – Recently, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) held another round of executions and, similar to last year's executions, all those executed were drug offenders.

The former general juggled the interests of reformers and hardliners during a turbulent time for Indonesia. But this important legacy is being overlooked, writes Terry Russell.

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge, Jakarta – Trust is the most crucial factor for a state dealing with regional dissatisfactions that turn to conflict.