Prabowo Maintains Narrow Lead in Indonesian Presidential Polls
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto maintains a narrow lead over his two rivals as campaigning for the country’s February election begins to heat up,...
Fear of a Jokowi political dynasty in Indonesia deepens after controversial court ruling
JAKARTA — A wave of condemnation has been growing in Indonesia – with some of the dissenting voices from within the judicial circle itself...
Indonesian president’s son named youth party chair
JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s son was on Monday named chief of a political party, a move many analysts view as strengthening the...
Ideological Contestation Versus Political Pragmatism
In the 2019 elections, nationalist parties won more votes for the DPR from Banten Province than religious parties. The vote tally of the Indonesian...
Indonesia’s Refusal to Join BRICS and Geopolitical Dynamics
On August 24, during the 15th BRICS Summit at Johannesburg, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and...
After Jokowi: What Indonesia’s next president could face in foreign affairs
Myanmar. The South China Sea. AUKUS. These are but three of a battery of hot button foreign policy issues Indonesia’s next president will have...
The “Jokowi Doctrine”: Indonesia’s vision for international order
Indonesia has been increasingly under a spotlight in international politics. Having successfully hosted the G20 Summit last year, navigating tensions between United States and...
Indonesia may have used Israeli malware to spy on political opponents
A whistle-blowing service said Monday it found evidence that Indonesian state agencies have been using Israel-made spyware that can hack into phones and turn...
As Indonesia marks 25 years since Reformasi, is democracy unravelling under Jokowi?
Maria Catarina Sumarsih’s world crumbled on November 13, 1998, when she received news that Indonesian soldiers had killed her son on his university campus,...
Indonesia 2024: Coalition Manoeuvres Heading for A Single Presidential Candidate?
With the 2024 presidential and general elections (GE) just one year away, coalition fever has started in Indonesia. Under current law, the presidential and...