Indonesia’s election bears the signs of weakening democracy
Indonesia’s democratic decline accelerates as key accountability institutions weaken and the country falls into the grips of dynastic succession, writes…
Ideological polarisation is the price of democratic representation in Indonesia
Author: Diego Fossati, City University of Hong Kong Democratic backsliding — understood as the decline of democratic norms, institutions, and…
The Widodo family: Indonesia’s newest political dynasty?
Author: Jemma Purdey, Australia-Indonesia Centre As the first Indonesian president in the post-Reformasi era not from the political, military or…
Dangerous divides bedevil Southeast Asia’s majority-Muslim democracies
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Around the time of Indonesia’s 2019 presidential elections, there was great concern about the damage that…
Malaysia follows Indonesia on the road from authoritarian hegemony
Author: Dan Slater, University of Michigan Indonesia and Malaysia have always been similar enough to make direct comparisons promising, but…
Indonesia’s year of diplomatic triumph loses a little of its gloss
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The G20 presidency in 2022 presented diplomatic and substantial challenges that threatened to blow the forum…
The need to deal with Indonesia as it is
Author: Liam Gammon, ANU The calendar will tell you that Indonesia’s presidential election is due in February 2024 — but…