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  • 1 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    How will voters swing in Indonesia’s 2024 general elections?

    Muhammad Ersan Pamungkas
    Gen Zs, Millennials, TikTok and climate change: it’s going to be a numbers game for next year’s presidential candidates.
  • 27 Aug 2021
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Will Jokowi pull off a three-peat?

    Johannes Nugroho
    The Indonesian president is intent on leaving a legacy – another term in office might help him get there.
  • 24 May 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia: don’t over-react to Jakarta violence

    Ben Bland
    The taint of riots shouldn’t undermine what was a free, fair and peaceful election.
  • 17 Apr 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia’s elections: the foreign policy challenges that await

    Beginda Pakpahan
    Regardless of who prevails at the ballot box on Wednesday, big regional and global issues await to test the victor.
  • 16 Apr 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Even if Prabowo loses, Sandiaga Uno will win in Indonesia’s election

    Max Walden
    Not somebody with humble beginnings, the rapid rise of Prabowo Subianto’s running mate also shows his future ambition.
  • 12 Apr 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    ‘No thoughts about apologising’: Indonesia and the 1965­–66 killings

    Olivia Tasevski
    Joko Widodo’s political promises to address the crimes of the past have proven hollow ­– and any change seems unlikely.
  • 10 Apr 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Jokowi’s cute political ploy has become a campaign sensation

    Erin Cook
    <p>A clearly enamoured new grandfather, the Indonesian President also rebranded himself alongside a happy toddler.</p>
  • 21 Mar 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia: look beyond quotas for gender representation

    Ben Bland
    Gender quotas are a popular means of affirmative action but the number of female parliamentarians remains meagre.
  • 22 Feb 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia: policy missing in talk of politics

    Iqra Anugrah
    The second presidential debate revealed that rural and infrastructure policies will remain largely the same.
  • 18 Feb 2019
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia’s election debates: there’s substance in the style

    Ben Bland
    The televised debates bring the campaign to a country that has only been practising democracy for 20 years.
  • 25 Apr 2017
    • Indonesian Elections

    What the Jakarta election tells us about the 2019 presidential race

    Matthew Busch
    Prabowo may want a rematch with Jokowi, but there’s no reason that Baswedan must toe the line.
  • 19 Feb 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and Asia
    • Foreign Policy
    • Indonesian Elections

    Jokowi makes a political spectacle of executions

    David McRae
  • 22 Oct 2014
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and Asia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Quick Comment: Jokowi should enjoy the party while he can

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 21 Oct 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and Asia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Jokowi's maritime inaugural address

    Rory Medcalf
  • 25 Sep 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia's economy at a crossroads

    Stephen Grenville
  • 19 Sep 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    The very public flaying of Marty Natalegawa

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
  • 25 Aug 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia: Dispelling the ghosts of '98

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 18 Aug 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Jokowi, Indonesia's president in waiting

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 29 Jul 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Indonesian Elections

    The limits of Indonesia's anti-corruption campaign

    Stephen Grenville
  • 21 Jul 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia: Defence and foreign policy implications of a Jokowi presidency

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
  • 16 Jul 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesian election: Time for SBY to step in

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 10 Jul 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Election day in Jakarta

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 10 Jul 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Prabowo loses election, but how will he respond?

    Aaron L Connelly
  • 7 Jul 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesian election: Testing the grassroots

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 7 Jul 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesian election: Jokowi scores in extra time, but will it be enough?

    Aaron L Connelly
  • 5 Jul 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Indonesian Elections

    Weekend catch-up: Indonesia election special

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 27 Jun 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesian election: The grass-roots campaign

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 26 Jun 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesian election: More on the Prabowo surge

    Sam Roggeveen
  • 24 Jun 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesian election: Jokowi and Prabowo take Australia's temperature

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 3 Jun 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Indonesian Elections

    How to manage economic nationalism in Indonesia

    Stephen Grenville
  • 28 May 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia's next president: There's an app for that

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 27 May 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Indonesian Elections

    The Indonesian economy: Back to the future after presidential elections?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 23 May 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Mending the Australia-Indonesia relationship

    Ross Taylor
  • 21 May 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesian election: The race is on

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 19 May 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    New policy clues in Jokowi's Kompas article

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 16 May 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Indonesia bans Vimeo

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 15 May 2014
    • Indonesian Elections

    Golkar to back Jokowi for president

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 11 Apr 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    India links: Election special

    Danielle Rajendram
  • 10 Apr 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Peaceful election day in Jakarta

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 21 Feb 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Meet Indonesia's middle class (part 3): Votes and voices

    Joanne Sharpe

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