Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation in Indonesia cause controversy.

American military intelligence agencies and how they gather information about Indonesia.

Arms race in southern Asia, Australia’s regional hegemonic aspirations and Indonesian procurements of military weapons and aircraft.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Admiral Cheng Ho film star, legal theorist, and presidential aspirant

The assimilation of Chinese into Indonesian society, and rules for holding barongsai dances and celebrating Chinese New Year.

Indonesia’s lukewarm response to Kosovo statehood.

Tempo magazine and its Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper fake.

President Yudhoyono’s visit to the Netherlands, and airline maintenance problems.

Whether the government should pay heed to fatwas issued by the clerics’ council.

Valentines Day, as a Jewish conspiracy theory.