A Jakarta diary, May 1998, Geoff Forrester; the impact of the May crisis in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor, Richard Matthews; the Indonesian economy - the strange and sudden death of a tiger, Hal Hill; the crisis - contexts and prospects, Ken Young; opposition and elite conflict in the fall of Soeharto, Ed Aspinall; romancing the dual function - Indonesia's Armed Forces and the fall of Soeharto, Michael R.J. Vatikiotis; trends in Indonesian student movements in 1998, Ikrar Nusa Bhaku; between pesantran and palace - Nahdlatul Ulama and its role in the transition, Marcus Mietzner; what will the post-Soeharto regime be like? Jamie Mackie; Indonesian democracy, Harold Crouch; a new regime, a more consolidated oligarchy, and a deeply divided anti-Soeharto movement, George J. Aditjondro; Indonesia after Soeharto - more of the same, descent into chaos or a shift to reform? Richard Robinson; the fall of Soeharto in comparative perspective, R.J. May; chronology of events leading to the resignation of President Soeharto, Ikrar Nusa Bhaku; President Soeharto's resignation speech.