Lacklustre televised presidential debates are a ruling class ruse, rails Ross.

Doubts over president Yudhoyono’s ability to win re-election, and a poll, Sby-Boediono, Megabowo, or JK-Wiranto.

The wives of the JK-Win team, jilbab wearers Mufidah Kalla and Uga Wiranto, are hot stuff in the battle for Muslim votes, while Ani Yudhoyono and Herawati Boediono are not.

The book Ilusi Negara Islam: Ekspansi Gerakan Islam Transnasional di Indonesia, The Illusion of an Islamic State: the Expansion of Transnational Islamic movements in Indonesia.

Who will president Yudhoyono choose as his running mate for the Indonesia Bisa campaign.

The alignment of forces for the 2009 elections, the Golden coalitions of political parties.

Early pre-election opinion poll results have president Yudhoyono’s Partai Demokrat leading the way.

Politicians waging war on poverty via billboards, and bus riding buskers.

Investigations into political kidnapping cases 1997 and 1998, questioning of former generals and current politicians.

Sinister motives behind renewed debate over the death penalty and convicts on death row.

The best running mate for Megawati in the 2009 election

Sadanand Dhume’s My Friend the Fanatic - Travels with an Indonesian Islamist.

The Al-Zaytun Islamic school has fallen under suspicion of links to Negara Islam Indonesia (NII).

Cases of political disappearances in the last years of the Suharto regime.