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Gus Dur’s legacy to the nation

Aboeprijadi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, January 15, 2010 A few weeks after the death of former president Abdurrahman “Gus...

Oct 10 · 2 min read >

Kopassus and the legend of ‘Mpu Gandring

by Aboeprijadi Santoso, The Jakarta Post March 31, 2010 Men and weapons are sometimes seen as a pair of...

Oct 10 · 3 min read >

Why Aceh peace missed the Nobel Peace Prize

The Jakarta Post 28 Oct. 2006 Much to the disappointment of many, the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Jusuf-Kalla government has missed...

Oct 10 · 3 min read >

Flag politics and the fallacy of separatism

The Jakarta Post, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 State responses and the row over flag incidents in Maluku and Papua...

Oct 10 · 3 min read >

Sobron’s Fate Highlights Nation’s Tragedy

By Aboeprijadi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, February 16, 2007 Living in exile is a life “born out of blood,...

Oct 10 · 3 min read >

„Make Love, Not War!“ in Aceh

By Aboeprijadi Santoso, journalist, Amsterdam – Indonesia House, Amsterdam, September, 2002 „Why is it that they want to maintain...

Oct 9 · 4 min read >

East Timor’s messengers of peace and friendship

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Contributor, The Jakarta Post, Dili East Timor may span only half a tiny island, however, it holds...

Oct 9 · 2 min read >

‘I learned from Sukarno more than I ever dreamed I could learn’

By Aboeprijadi Santoso AMSTERDAM (JP): To think about Sukarno today, makes Willem Oltmans, a Dutch journalist, 76 and an ardent admirer...

Oct 9 · 5 min read >

After East Timor: Nightmare of Aceh

Indonesia’s past experience with East Timor has been a lesson of political, military and human disaster. Jakarta’s assault in...

Oct 8 · 3 min read >

What has the Left left behind?

AMSTERDAM (JP): Hundreds of Indonesian exiles, scattered across Europe for decades, are no longer “the pariah of the nation”...

Oct 6 · 5 min read >