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 he
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Author: Made Supriatma, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute Never before has the Indonesian National Police (Polri) played such an important role in Indonesia
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By Ross B. Taylor Relationships between Australia and our regional neighbours have been severely tested as a result of Covid-19, including with Indone
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JOHN WEST Ben Bland shows even pessimists can be gulled by Joko Widodo’s charms. Ben Bland paints an insightful and intriguing portrait of Indonesia'
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BY: ARISTYO RIZKA DARMAWAN “Joint development” is a misnomer when Chinahas no legal stake in what is Indonesian territory." Jakarta has long made c
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Author: Andree Surianta, ANU For the past decade, the Indonesian government has stepped up efforts to mandate the use of the Indonesian language in al
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During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin claimed that prayers from religious leaders had kept the count
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Indonesian marine officers get ready for a ceremony in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. Taking aggressive steps vis-a-vis China could overturn its growi
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By Ross B. Taylor AM This past week has seen two important events take place that will affect deeply the Australia-Indonesia relationship: 1. Austral
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BY: DUNCAN GRAHAM Was Indonesia alerted ahead of the PM’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan announcement? The presumption is that
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