Aceh's separatist war is over, its people seem for now to have settled for autonomy rather than independence from Indonesia and a former leader of the armed separatist movement is now the province's democratically elected leader. But it is too early to be sure that peace will reign perpetually. Five months after Irwandi Yusuf, a former commander in the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), won election as governor, the signs are not good. The worry is that things might get far worse in two years, when most of the international aid pledged after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami dries up.
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