Indonesia

Why Prabowo Subianto is winning over young Indonesian voters in a three-way race
Why Prabowo Subianto is winning over young Indonesian voters in a three-way race
Polls won’t open in Indonesia’s mammoth presidential election until February next year, but the battlelines are firmly drawn. Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan will face off…
Speeding up Indonesia’s EV ambition
Speeding up Indonesia’s EV ambition
With electric vehicles increasingly driving the roads, battery manufacturing has become a global industry. Many countries are involved. Australia, Canada, Chile, China and Congo…
Indonesia and India are neighbours far apart
Indonesia and India are neighbours far apart
When an Indian navy Kilo class conventional submarine docked in the Indonesian capital Jakarta earlier this year, an observer in The Jakarta Post was moved to argue that Indonesia…
Indonesia’s digital success deserves more attention
Indonesia’s digital success deserves more attention
Indonesia has made enormous strides in digitalisation. Yet, when people hear about digital success in the emerging world, the conversation turns mostly to India and China…
After Jokowi: What Indonesia’s next president could face in foreign affairs
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 to contend with, even before…
The danger of anti-Chinese sentiment in Indonesia’s election campaign
The danger of anti-Chinese sentiment in Indonesia’s election campaign
While economic issues are expected to dominate Indonesia’s presidential election campaign ahead of a ballot next year, there are signs that the country’s political elite are not…
First Nations diplomacy can transform Australia’s relationship with Indonesia
First Nations diplomacy can transform Australia’s relationship with Indonesia
In 1994, then-Australian prime minister, Paul Keating famously said that “no country is more important to Australia than Indonesia”. Yet the relationship has also been a rocky one…
Indonesia’s dilemma as China pushes a “Global Security Initiative”
Indonesia’s dilemma as China pushes a “Global Security Initiative”
China’s vision for a “Global Security Initiative” was first set out by President Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum in April last year. While promising ambitious change, especially for…
How Indonesia can afford to cut coal-fired power – and faster
How Indonesia can afford to cut coal-fired power – and faster
At the COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow, Indonesia’s state-owned electricity utility company PLN declared its roadmap to achieve net zero emissions by 2060. The state-owned…
Strategic divergence with Indonesia: an Australian perspective
Strategic divergence with Indonesia: an Australian perspective
In his essay for The Interpreter, Evan Laksmana set out three key sources of divergence between Indonesia and Australia: views of the United States, tensions between the role of…