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Protests against Indonesian economic reform: stability and a minimum wage have gone

By DUNCAN GRAHAM | On 23 October 2020 Indonesian President Joko Widodo wants to snare foreign investors. They’re a wary lot. Though excited by big markets and the chance of bigger ret
Prabowo set to complicate the Oz-Indo bi-lateral relationship

By: Ross B Taylor Last week, Indonesia’s defence minister made a visit to the USA to meet Donald Trump’s top defence officials. It hardly made news here in Australia, and very few people in WA would k
The Indonesian police’s dual function under Jokowi

Author: Made Supriatma, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute Never before has the Indonesian National Police (Polri) played such an important role in Indonesian politics and government. During the 32 years of