Professor Edward Aspinall
Areas of expertise
- Government And Politics Of Asia And The Pacific 160606
- Comparative Government And Politics 160603
Research interests
Indonesian and Southeast Asian politics; democratisation; social movements, nationalism and ethnic conflict; patronage and clientelism.
Biography
Edward Aspinall is a Professor in the Department of Political and Social Change, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. He researches politics in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, with interests in democratisation, ethnicity, and clientelism, among other topics. He has authored three books, Opposing Suharto: Compromise, Resistance and Regime Change in Indonesia (Stanford University Press, 2005), Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia (Stanford University Press, 2009), and Democracy for Sale: Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia (Cornell University Press, 2019, co-authored with Ward Berenschot), and co-edited ten others, the most recent being Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia: Money Politics, Patronage and Clientelism at the Grassroots (National University of Singapore Press, 2016). He has also published about seventy journal articles and book chapters, most on aspects of Indonesian politics, and is the co-series editor of the Asian Studies Association of Australia’s Southeast Asia Publications book series with National University of Singapore Press, and of the Southeast Asian Politics and Society Elements series published by Cambridge University Press.
Career Highlights Lecturer in Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney, 2003-2005; Lecturer in Indonesian studies, University of New South Wales, 1997-2001; Co-Winner of of the Asian Studies Association of Australia's Mid-career Researcher Prize for Excellence in Asian Studies (2010) for Islam and Nation; Member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities; Awarded a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council (2012). Elected President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in 2018.
Publications
- Aspinall, E & Hicken, A 2020, 'Guns for hire and enduring machines: clientelism beyond parties in Indonesia and the Philippines', Democratization, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 137-156.
- Fossati, D, Aspinall, E, Muhtadi, B et al. 2020, 'Ideological representation in clientelistic democracies: The Indonesian case', Electoral Studies, vol. 63.
- Berenschot, W & Aspinall, E 2020, 'How clientelism varies: comparing patronage democracies', Democratization, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 1-19.
- Aspinall, E, Fossati, D, Muhtadi, B et al. 2019, 'Elites, masses, and democratic decline in Indonesia [IN PRESS]', Democratization, vol. Online.
- Warburton, E & Aspinall, E 2019, 'Explaining Indonesia's Democratic Regression: Structure, Agency and Popular Opinion', Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 255-285.
- Aspinall, E & Mietzner, M 2019, 'Indonesia's Democratic Paradox: Competitive Elections amidst Rising Illiberalism', Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 295-317 (ERA 2010 Ranking: A).
- Aspinall, E & Mietzner, M 2019, 'Southeast Asia's Troubling Elections: Nondemocratic Pluralism in Indonesia', Journal of Democracy, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 104-118 (ERA 2010 Ranking: B).
- Aspinall, E, Hicken, A, Scambary, J et al 2018, 'Timor-leste votes: Parties and patronage', Journal of Democracy, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 153-167pp.
- Aspinall, E & Mas'udi, W 2017, 'The 2017 Pilkada (Local Elections) in Indonesia: Clientelism, Programmatic Politics and Social Networks', Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 417-426pp.
- Savirani, A & Aspinall, E 2017, 'Adversarial Linkages: The Urban Poor and Electoral Politics in Jakarta', Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 3-34pp.
- Aspinall, E & Rohman, N 2017, 'Village head elections in Java: Money politics and brokerage in the remaking of Indonesia's rural elite', Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 31-52pp.
- Aspinall, E, Rohman, N, Zainul Hamdi, A et al 2017, 'Vote buying in Indonesia: Candidate strategies, market logic and effectiveness', Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1-27pp.
- Aspinall, E & Sukmajati, M, eds, 2016, Electoral Dynamics in Indonesia: Money Politics, Patronage and Clientelism at the Grassroots, NUS Press - National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- Aspinall, E & Uhaib As’ad, M 2016, 'Understanding family politics: Successes and failures of political dynasties in regional Indonesia', South East Asia Research, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 420-435.
- Aspinall, E, Davidson, M, Hicken, A et al 2016, 'Local machines and vote brokerage in the Philippines', Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 191-196.
- Aspinall, E 2016, 'The New Nationalism in Indonesia', Asia & The Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 72-82.
- Aspinall, E 2015, 'The Surprising Democratic Behemoth: Indonesia in Comparative Asian Perspective', Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 889-902.
- Aspinall, E & Sukmajati, M, eds, 2015, Politik Uang di Indonesia: Patronase dan Klientelisme pada Pemilu Legislatif 2014 [Money Politics in Indonesia: Patronage and Clientelism in the 2014 Legislative Election], Research Centre for Politics and Government, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- Aspinall, E 2015, 'Oligarchic Populism Prabowo Subianto's Challenge to Indonesian Democracy', Indonesia, no. 99, pp. 1-28.
- Aspinall, E & As'ad, M 2015, 'The Patronage Patchwork Village Brokerage Networks and the Power of the State in an Indonesian Election', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania), vol. 171, no. 2-3, pp. 165-195.
- Aspinall, E & Sukmajati, M 2015, 'Patronase dan Klientelisme dalam Politik Elektoral di Indonesia', in E Aspinall, M Sukmajati (ed.), Politik Uang di Indonesia: Patronase dan Klientelisme pada Pemilu Legislatif 2014. [Money Politics in Indonesia: Patronage and Clientelism in the 2014 Legislative Election], Research Centre for Politics and Government, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, pp. 1-49pp.
- Aspinall, E 2015, 'Money Politics: Patronage and Clientelism in Southeast Asia', in William Case (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, pp. 299-313.
- Aspinall, E, Mietzner, M & Tomsa, D 2015, 'The Moderating President: Yudhoyono's Decade in Power', in E Aspinall, M Mietzner, D Tomsa (ed.), The Yudhoyono Presidency: Indonesia's Decade of Stability and Stagnation, ISEAS, Singapore, pp. 1-21.
- Aspinall, E, Mietzner, M & Tomsa, D, eds, 2015, The Yudhoyono Presidency: Indonesia's Decade of Stability and Stagnation, ISEAS, Singapore.
- Aspinall, E & Zain, F 2014, 'Transitional Justice Delayed in Aceh, Indonesia', in Renee Jeffery and Hun Joon Kim (ed.), Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific, Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, pp. 87-123.
- Aspinall, E & Mietzner, M 2014, 'Prabowo Subianto: Vote for Me, But Just the Once', New Mandala (Blog), vol. 30 June 2014.
- Aspinall, E 2014, Jokowi fails his first test, pp. 2pp.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Democratic deepening in Indonesia: Challenges for the new administration', Strategic Review: The Indonesian Journal of Leadership, Policy and World Affairs, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 20-30.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Why was the Jokowi effect limited?', New Mandala (Blog), vol. 10 April 2014.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Election Year', Inside Indonesia, no. 116 (Apr Jun 2014).
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Indonesia on the knife's edge', Inside Story, vol. 17 June 2014.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Sex, Lies and Politicians', Inside Indonesia, vol. 115 (Jan-Mar 2014).
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Yudhoyono leaves Indonesia facing an uncertain future', Asian Currents, vol. 13 October 2014.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'WHEN BROKERS BETRAY: Clientelism, Social Networks, and Electoral Politics in Indonesia', Critical Asian Studies, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 545-570.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Special autonomy, predatory peace and the resolution of the Aceh conflict', in Hal Hill (ed.), Regional Dynamics in a Decentralized Indonesia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 460-481.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Researching Indonesian Politics: Three generations, three approaches and three contexts', in Eric Tagliacozzo (ed.), Producing Indonesia: The State of the Field of Indonesian Studies, Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, Ithaca, USA, pp. 237-252.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Health Care and Democratization in Indonesia', Democratization, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 803-823.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Indonesia's 2014 Elections PARLIAMENT AND PATRONAGE', Journal of Democracy, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 96-110.
- Aspinall, E & Mietzner, M 2014, 'Don't be fooled - Prabowo (still) wants to get rid of direct presidential elections', New Mandala (Blog), vol. 02 July 2014.
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Money Politics', Inside Indonesia, no. 116 (Apr Jun 2014).
- Aspinall, E 2014, 'Trouble in the East?', New Mandala (Blog), vol. 16 July 2014.
- Aspinall, E 2014, Indonesian democracy stronger, but not yet out of the danger zone, pp. 1-3pp.
- Aspinall, E & Farrelly, N 2014, 'Myanmar's Democratization: Comparative and South East Asian Perspectives - Introduction', South East Asia Research, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 163-169.
- Aspinall, E & Mietzner, M 2014, 'Indonesian Politics in 2014: Democracy's Close Call', Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 347-369 (ERA 2010 Ranking: A).
- Aspinall, E 2013, 'Separatism in Aceh: From social rebellion to political movement', in Michele Ford (ed.), Social Activism in Southeast Asia, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, UK and New York USA, pp. 40-55.
- Aspinall, E 2013, 'Aceh: democratization and the politics of co-option', in Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey and Anthony J Regan (ed.), Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why some subside and others don't, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon and New York, pp. 51-68.
- Aspinall, E, Jeffrey, R & Regan, A, eds, 2013, Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why some subside and others don't, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon and New York.
- Aspinall, E 2013, 'A NATION IN FRAGMENTS: Patronage and Neoliberalism in Contemporary Indonesia', Critical Asian Studies, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 27-54.
- Aspinall, E & Mietzner, M 2013, 'Indonesia: Economic Crisis, Foreign Pressure, and Regime Change', in Kathryn Stoner and Michael McFaul (ed.), Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Perspective, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland USA, pp. 144-167.
- Aspinall, E 2013, 'The Irony of Success in Indonesia', in Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner and Yun-han Chu (ed.), Democracy in East Asia A New Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, pp. 133-149.
- Aspinall, E 2013, 'The Triumph of Capital? Class Politics and Indonesian Democratisation', Journal of Contemporary Asia, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 226-242.
- Aspinall, E 2013, 'How Indonesia Survived: Comparative Perspectives on State Disintegration and Democratic Integration', in Mirjam Kunkler and Alfred Stepan (ed.), Democracy and Islam in Indonesia, Columbia University Press, New York Chichester, West Sussex, pp. 126-146.
- Aspinall, E 2013, 'Popular Agency And Interests In Indonesia's Democratic Transition And Consolidation', Indonesia, vol. 96, pp. 101-121.
- Aspinall, E, Regan, A & Jeffrey, R 2013, 'Conclusion: Lessons', in Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey and Anthony J Regan (ed.), Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why some subside and others don't, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon and New York, pp. 265-279.
- Aspinall, E, Jeffrey, R & Regan, A 2013, 'Introduction: Diminishing conflicts: Learning from the Asia-Pacific', in Edward Aspinall, Robin Jeffrey and Anthony J Regan (ed.), Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why some subside and others don't, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon and New York, pp. 1-13.
- Aspinall, E 2012, 'From Authoritarian to Democratic Models of Post-Conflict Development: The Indonesian Experience', The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 449-463.
- Aspinall, E & Weiss, M 2012, 'The Limits of Civil Society: Social Movements and Political Parties in Southeast Asia', in Richard Robison (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York USA, pp. 213-228.
- Weiss, M & Aspinall, E, eds, 2012, Student Activism in Asia Between Protest and Powerlessness, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis USA.
- Aspinall, E & Weiss, M 2012, 'Trends and Patterns in Student Activism in Asia', in Merideth L Weiss & Edward Aspinall (ed.), Student Activism in Asia: Between Protest and Powerlessness, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis USA, pp. 281-296.
- Aspinall, E 2012, 'Indonesia: Moral Force Politics and the Struggle against Authoritarianism', in Merideth L Weiss & Edward Aspinall (ed.), Student Activism in Asia: Between Protest and Powerlessness, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis USA, pp. 153-179.
- Weiss, M, Aspinall, E & Thompson, M 2012, 'Introduction: Understanding Student Activism in Asia', in Merideth L Weiss & Edward Aspinall (ed.), Student Activism in Asia: Between Protest and Powerlessness, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis USA, pp. 1-32.
- Aspinall, E 2012, 'The Politics of Studying Indonesian Politics: Intellectuals, Political Research and Public Debate in Australia', in Jemma Purdey (ed.), Knowing Indonesia: Intersections of Self, Discipline and Nation, Monash University Publishing, Melbourne Australia, pp. 53-76.
- Aspinall, E 2012, 'The Power and Property: Oligarchy and Democracy in World History', Taiwan Journal of Democracy, vol. 8, no. No 1, July 2012, pp. 169-173.
- Aspinall, E. 2012. 'Still an age of activism', Inside Indonesia, Edition 107: Jan-Mar 2012
- Aspinall, E. 2012. 'Where is the left?', Inside Indonesia, No. 107: Jan-Mar 2012
- Aspinall, E 2011, 'Indonesia: Redistributing Power', in Peter Burnell, Vicky Randell, Lise Rakner (ed.), Politics in the Developing World (3rd ed), Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 379-391.
- Aspinall, E & van Klinken, G, eds, 2011, The State and Illegality in Indonesia, KITLV Press, Leiden, Netherlands.
- van Klinken, G & Aspinall, E 2011, 'Building relations: Corruption, competition and cooperation in the construction industry', in Edward Aspinall and Gerry van Klinken (ed.), The State and Illegality in Indonesia, KITLV Press, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 139-163.
- Aspinall, E 2011, 'Democratization and ethnic politics in Indonesia: Nine theses', Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 289-319.
- Aspinall, E (with S. Dettman and E. Warburton). 2011, 'When religion trumps ethnicity: A regional election case study from Indonesia', South East Asia Research, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 27-58.
- Aspinall, E. 2011. 'Aceh's No Win Election' Inside Indonesia, No 106: Oct-Dec 2011
- Aspinall, E. 2011. 'Democratization and Ethnic Politics in Indonesia: Nine Theses', Journal of East Asian Studies. Vol. 11, pp. 289-319
- Aspinall, E 2010, 'Indonesia in 2009: Democratic Triumphs and Trials', Southeast Asian Affairs, vol. 2010, pp. 103-125.
- Aspinall, E 2010, 'The Irony of Success', Journal of Democracy, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 20-34.
- Aspinall, E & Fealy, G 2010, 'Introduction: The New Order and its Legacy', in Edward Aspinall & Greg Fealy (ed.), Soeharto's New Order and its Legacy: Essays in honour of Harold Crouch, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-14.
- Aspinall, E. and Mietzner, M. (eds.). 2010. Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia: Elections, Institutions and Society, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, 360 pages.
- Aspinall, E & Berger, M 2001, 'The break-up of Indonesia? Nationalisms after decolonisation and the limits of the nation-state in post-cold war Southeast Asia', Third World Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1003-1024.
- Aspinall, E 2010, 'Semi-opponents in Power: the Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Soekarnoputri Presidencies', in Edward Aspinall & Greg Fealy (ed.), Soeharto's New Order and its Legacy: Essays in honour of Harold Crouch, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 119-134.
- Aspinall, E & Fealy, G, eds, 2010, Soeharto's New Order and its Legacy: Essays in honour of Harold Crouch, ANU ePress, Australia.
- Mietzner, M. and Aspinall, E. 2010. 'Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia: An Overview', in Edward Aspinall & Marcus Mietzner (ed.), Problems of Democratisation in Indonesia: Elections, Institutions and Society, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 1-20.
- Aspinall, E 2009, 'Combatants to Contractors: The Political Economy of Peace in Aceh', Indonesia, vol. 87, pp. 1-34.
- Aspinall, E 2009, 'Lost in Translation', in Barbara Nelson & Andrew MacIntyre (ed.), Capturing the year 2009: Writings from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 32-38.
- Aspinall, E 2009, Islam and Nation: Separatist Rebellion in Aceh, Indonesia, Stanford University Press, Stanford USA.
- Aspinall, E 2008, 'Indonesia: Coping with fragmentation', in Peter Burnell and Vicky Randall (ed.), Politics in the Developing World (2nd ed), Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 399-412.
- Aspinall, E 2008, 'Review essay: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Indonesia', Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 558-572.
- Aspinall, E 2008, 'Place the Displacement in the Aceh Conflict', in Eva-Lotta Hedman (ed.), Conflict, Violence, and Displacement in Indonesia, Cornell University, USA, pp. 55-65.
- Aspinall, E & Chauvel, R 2007, 'Constructing separatist threats: Security and Insecurity in Aceh and Papua', in Anthony Burke and Matt McDonald (ed.), Critical security in the Asia-Pacific, Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York, pp. 89-104.
- Aspinall, E 2007, 'The Construction of Grievance: Natural Resources and Identity in a Separatist Conflict', Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 950-104.
- Aspinall, E 2007, 'From Islamism to Nationalism in Aceh, Indonesia', Nations and Nationalism, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 245-263.
- Aspinall, E 2007, 'Aceh's Politics in the Wake of Peace', European Association for South-East Asian Studies Conference (EuroSEAS 2007), European Association for South-East Asian Studies (EuroSEAS), Naples.
- Aspinall, E 2007, Guerrilas in Power, Inside Indonesia .
- Aspinall, E 2006, 'Selective Outrage and Unacknowledged Fantasies: Re-thinking Papua, Indonesia and Australia', Policy & Society: journal of public, foreign and global policy.
- Aspinall, E 2006, 'Violence and Identity Formation in Aceh under Indonesian Rule', in Reid, Anthony (ed.), Verandah of Violence: The Background to the Aceh Problem, Singapore University Press and World Scientific Publishing Co Pty Ltd, Singapore, pp. 149-176.
- Aspinall, E 2006, 'Aceh: Elections and the possibility of peace', Austral Policy Forum, vol. 2006.
- Aspinall, E 2006, 'Indonesia', in Tatic, Sanja and Walker, Christopher (ed.), Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance, Freedom House, United Kingdom, pp. 189-214.
- Aspinall, E 2006, 'Papuan fantasies', Inside Indonesia, vol. 87, no. July-Sept, p. 33.
- Aspinall, E 2005, 'Peace at last?', Inside Indonesia, vol. 84, no. Oct-Dec, p. 33.
- Aspinall, E 2005, 'After the tsunami: Journal of an Aceh volunteer', Inside Indonesia, vol. 82, no. April-June, pp. 28-30.
- Aspinall, E 2005, 'Indonesia after the Tsunami', Current History: a Journal of Contemporary World Affairs, vol. 104, no. 680, pp. 105-109.
- Aspinall, E 2005, The Helsinki Agreement: A More Promising Basis for Peace in Aceh?, East-West Center, Washington.
- Aspinall, E 2005, 'Politics: Indonesia's Year of Elections and the end of the Political Transition', in Budy Resosudarmo (ed.), The Politics and economics of Indonesia's Natural resources, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 13-30.
- Aspinall, E 2005, Opposing Suharto: compromise, resistance and regime change in Indonesia, Stanford University Press, Stanford USA.
- Aspinall, E 2005, 'Elections and the normalization of politics in Indonesia', South East Asia Research, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 117-156.
- Aspinall, E 2004, 'Rotten politicians', Inside Indonesia, vol. 78, no. April-June, p. 33.
- Aspinall, E 2004, 'Indonesia', in Bogdan Szajkowski (ed.), Revolutionary and Dissident Movements of the World (4th ed), John Harper Publishing, Great Britain, pp. 183-190.
- Aspinall, E 2004, 'Indonesia: Civil society and democratic breakthrough', in Muthiah Alagappa (ed.), Civil society and political change in Asia: expanding and contracting democratic space, Stanford University Press, USA, pp. 61-96.
- Aspinall, E 2004, 'Indonesia's elections: is the cheer justified?', Inside Indonesia, vol. 80, no. Oct-Dec, p. 33.
- Aspinall, E 2004, 'A war that failed', Inside Indonesia, vol. 79, no. July-Sept, p. 33.
- Aspinall, E 2003, 'Modernity, history and ethnicity: Indonesian and Acehnese nationalism in conflict', in Damien Kingsbury and Harry Aveling (ed.), Autonomy and Disintegration in Indonesia, Routledge Curzon, London, New York, Canada, pp. 128-147.
- Aspinall, E & Fealy, G, eds, 2003, Local Power and Politics in Indonesia: Decentralization and Democratisation, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore.
- Aspinall, E 2003, The Peace Process in Aceh: Why it failed, East-West Center, Washington.
- Fealy, G & Aspinall, E 2003, 'Introduction: decentralisation, democratisation and the rise of the local', in Edward Aspinall and Greg Fealy (ed.), Local Power and Politics in Indonesia: Decentralisation and Democratisation, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 1-14.
- Aspinall, E 2003, 'Anti-insurgency logic in Aceh', Inside Indonesia.
- Aspinall, E 2003, 'A hybrid order', Inside Indonesia.
- Aspinall, E 2002, 'The downfall of President Abdurrahman Wahid: a return to authoritarianism?', in Kathryn Robinson, Sharon Bessell (ed.), Women in Indonesia: Gender equity and development, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, pp. 28-40.
- Aspinall, E 2002, 'Sovereignty, the successor state and universal human rights: history and the international structuring of Acehnese nationalism', Indonesia, vol. 73, pp. 1-24.
- Aspinall, E 2001, 'The Breakup of Indonesia? Nationalism after decolonisation and the contradictions of modernity in post-cold war Southeast Asia', Third World Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1003-1024.
- Aspinall, E 2001, 'Mother of the Nation', Inside Indonesia, vol. 68, no. Oct-Dec, pp. 23-24.