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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Indonesia-Australia in a Post Covid-19 World Authors Response BY HUGH WHITE In my essay “The Jakarta Switch” I argue, among other things, that Indones
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About 80% of the provisions in the so-called “job creation” bill actually regulate investment. Photo by M Risyal Hidayat for Antara. BY Nadirsyah Hose
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By: Ross B Taylor Two critical issues now facing Australia, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, are firstly our deteriorating relationship with China, and s
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BY BEN BLAND The world’s fourth most-populous country has a long way to go to get a grip on this challenge, its president especially. As he rose rapid
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BY: COLIN BROWN Indonesian President Joko Widodo - Jokowi – has shown himself to be generally less interested in international affairs than his predec
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By: Emma Connors Given his phone was tapped by the Australian government, former Indonesian diplomat and presidential advisor Dino Patti Djalal is gen
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BY: ROSS TAYLOR Australia’s mixed and confused position on its relationship with China, where we need their business but are not sure if we trust them
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