Tag Archive for: "Indonesia"
Muting Australia’s regional voice

Gutting Radio Australia and killing the international TV service is bad, sad and mad. Bad: Lopping 60% from the ABC’s international service is lousy for the national interest. A strategic asset in Asia and the …

ASPI suggests

We’re kicking off a bleak news day with some new reports, interesting reads, and videos from the defence and security world. Who’s your greatest ally/threat? While you’d expect most respondents in Asian states to say …

ASPI suggests

This week’s big story was, of course, Indonesia’s presidential election on 9 July. For an excellent wrap of the day’s events as seen via social media, check out this AIYA post. So far from the …

The Jokowi presidency

The anticipated election of Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) is a John Fitzgerald Kennedy moment in Indonesian history—a change of generations and a herald of hope that Indonesia can take a great leap forward in …