Made Supriatma is a Visiting Fellow in the Indonesia Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Made’s research focus is on Indonesian politics, civil-military relations, and ethnic/identity politics and he is also a freelance journalist.
Mae Chow is a Research Assistant at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
Professor Mahfud MD is a former Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs (2019-2024) of Indonesia. He was the first civilian to hold this role and has served in all three branches of government. He was Defence Minister (2000-2001) and later Law and Human Rights Minister (2001) under Abdurrahman Wahid, a legislator (2004-2008) in the House of Representatives representing the National Awakening Party (PKB) and elected as a justice for the Constitutional Court in 2008. In the 2024 presidential election, Mahfud was Ganjar Pranowo’s running mate, supported by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). Mahfud is affiliated with Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, Indonesian Islamic University (UII), Yogyakarta.
Mara Yue Du was Wang Gungwu Visiting Fellow at the Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS) Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. She is Associate Professor at the Department of History, The College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University.
Marco Kamiya is an Associate Senior Fellow at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, and is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Representative for Indonesia and Timor Leste in Jakarta.