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Edward Aspinall

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Researches SE Asian, especially Indonesian, politics at the Australian National University.
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Remembering 1965 against the politics of erasure

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By Ken Setiawan, Mochammad Naufal Rizki, Chua Beng Huat, Edward Aspinall
| New Mandala
In the morning of 1 October 1965, 37-year-old Eneng (not her real name) woke up in Bandung, about 200km from Jakarta, to an unexpected news broadcast via Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI): a group of people had taken measures to protect President Sukarno from a coup mounted by a “Council of Generals”. Although unanticipated, the news relieved her.
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Who’s afraid of a little anarchy?

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By Mochammad Naufal Rizki, Kadek Wara Urwasi, Wang Lezhi, Edward Aspinall
| New Mandala
In late August and early September 2025, Indonesia saw one of its most intense protests in the country’s post-reformasi history. Sparked by public anger at salary increases for high-ranking officials, the demonstrations soon tapped into wider frustrations over social justice, economic inequality, inflation, corruption, state’s violence and militarism, and ultimately descended into violence and riots in which at least 11 people were killed.
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Indonesia’s heritage in flames

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By Noandha Dhegaska, Edward Aspinall, Yusy Widarahesty, Aqida Salma
| New Mandala
A spectre haunts Indonesia’s tangible heritage: the spectre of raging flames. Across the decades, Dutch colonial-era buildings have been engulfed in fire—sometimes by accident, sometimes through neglect, and sometimes even through deliberate arson. Historically, setting fire to colonial structures could be a mode of resistance, a way of violently reclaiming spaces from the colonising power or preventing them from utilising them. Flames could purify and cleanse, severing visible ties to domination.
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