The Media Report travelled to Indonesia recently to take a first hand look at the state of the Indonesian media. The country has experienced some remarkable liberalisation over the last ten years, but what's that meant for Indonesia's media sector?

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), South East Asia’s largest jihadi organisation, probably retains more than 900 members across Indonesia at a conservative estimate and remains a major security threat, focused more on local than Western targets, according to this report.

When local elections were held in Aceh on 11 December 2006, conventional wisdom was that candidates from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) would not do well. But GAM won overwhelmingly, in what an analyst called "a perfect storm between the fallout from the peace accord and the failure of political parties to understand the changing...

Avian influenza is a deadly disease that can spread rapidly through poultry. There are many documented cases of transmission from birds to people, but as yet only rare instances of human to human transmission. Nonetheless, public health officials are concerned about the possibility of a human pandemic, and many countries have policies of banning imports...

Clinton Fernandes reviews the 2006 security agreement between Australia and Indonesia and finds that the realpolitik argument fails on its own terms. He rejects claims that military cooperation will enhance counter-terrorism, contribute to stability in Indonesia, or facilitate awareness of human rights issues within the Indonesian armed forces. The success of the ADF role in...