In Indonesië is de christelijke gouverneur van Jakarta veroordeeld voor het beledigen van de Islam. Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama moet nu 2 jaar de gevangenis in. Een onverwacht zware straf...
The recent turmoil about the role of radical Islam in elections for a new Governor of Jakarta conceals another dimension of Indonesian politics: the decades long effort of an old elite family to grab the presidency in Indonesia....
The South China Sea dispute is often portrayed as an archetypal case of an overbearing great power bullying its weaker neighbours. A common kneejerk reaction to this...
Sometimes fiction tells the truth and history perpetuates a fiction. This blog tells us about how history has been used to serve the creation of a national mythology, while fiction has allowed a ...
Article by one of our researchers, Sarthak Bagchi, on a small comparative study of Indian and Dutch election campaign: 'From social media use to anti-islamic rhetoric, similarities in Indian and Dutch ...
'Politik ekstrem kanan: Brexit, Trump, Wilders, dan Pilkada Jakarta?', by Liston Siregard. An article on the website of BBC Indonesia on Brexit, Trump, Wilders and the Jakarta elections with an interview with Ward...
Why do criminals enter politics in the world’s largest democracy? Why do parties nominate candidates with criminal backgrounds? And why do voters support these candidates? Sarthak Bagchi delves into some...
Edited by Emmanuel Blanchard, Marieke Bloembergen (KITLV) and Amandine Lauro. Colonial security strategies and the postcolonial vestiges they left both in the global ...
Vierjarig onderzoeksprogramma Dekolonisatie, geweld en oorlog in Indonesië, 1945-1950. Site onderzoeksprogramma www.ind45-50.org online. ...
By KITLV researcher Chris Chaplin. As Jakarta heads to the polls, Chaplin argues that evoking Islamic identity and the opportunistic use of religious symbols in this election has set a dangerous precedent for ...