ARTICLES

14 Mar 2024

A Kidney for Your Vote: Money Politics in Indonesia’s 2024 Elections

Burhanuddin Muhtadi

The practice of money politics in Indonesia is insidious, entrenched, and not likely to go away anytime soon, because it works.

13 Mar 2024

Introducing Gus Miftah: A Celebrity Cleric Consolidating Prabowo-Gibran’s Victory

Syafiq Hasyim

A plank of Prabowo Subianto’s team’s winning strategy for East and Central Java in last month’s election rested on the shoulders of an unusual cleric who hails from Nadhlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s largest mass Muslim organisation.

Indonesia Indonesian Elections Indonesian Politics Religion Southeast Asia

12 Mar 2024

Jakarta in Indonesia’s 2024 Election: Going Against the Electoral Grain

Ian Wilson

Grassroots legislative candidates in Jakarta face an uphill battle in their struggle to make electoral politics work for the poor, including changing perceptions of the value of a vote.

Indonesia Indonesian Elections Indonesian Politics

11 Mar 2024

The “Jokowi Factor”: How Joko Widodo Helped Prabowo to Win Indonesia’s Presidency

A'an Suryana

The presumptive president-elect received an assist from the president of Indonesia not only through populist policies aimed at winning over the country’s poorest. Committing his firstborn son to the presidential campaign was essentially interpreted by voters as an instruction to vote for his former opponent.

Indonesia Indonesian Elections

8 Mar 2024

New President, Same Foreign Policy? Decoding Indonesia’s Foreign Policy Direction Post-Presidential Election 2024

Indira Zahra Aridati|Melinda Martinus

Indira Zahra Aridati and Melinda Martinus assess that while there may not be a significant change in terms of substance, Indonesia’s foreign policy will see subtle changes influenced by the incoming president’s background and beliefs, and competing domestic concerns affecting democratic consolidation.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Indonesia Indonesia Foreign Policy

5 Mar 2024

Examining Indonesia’s Potential New Source of Growth: A Case for Digital Services Exports

Suryaputra Wijaksana|Maria Monica Wihardja

Digitally delivered services exports could be the silver lining, if not a silver bullet, in an increasingly challenging world for Indonesia’s economy, which is clouded by its stubborn growth deficit.

Digital Economy Framework Agreement Digitalisation Indonesia Indonesian Economy

1 Mar 2024

Assessing Indonesia’s Post-Election Economic Policy Direction

Manggi Habir

The next president of Indonesia will have his work cut out for him on the economic and competitiveness front, even if he continues with many of the existing policies his predecessor will leave behind.

Indonesia Indonesian Economy Indonesian Elections Indonesian Politics

26 Feb 2024

Indonesian Muslims’ Responses to the Palestine-Israel Conflict: Fragmented No More?

Pradana Boy Zulian

The aftermath of the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and ensuing violence has had repercussions in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s most populous Muslim-majority nation-state. Has the Palestinian issue galvanised Indonesians as one?

Indonesia Middle East Religion

22 Feb 2024

The ASEAN Power Grid: How the LTMS-PIP Can Inform the BIMP-PIP’s Development

Mirza Sadaqat Huda

A quartet of ASEAN member countries have taken a first important step towards the vision of a regional power grid. The next step is to look back for lessons learned to move forward and improve collaboration, leveraging the experience of not just officials but stakeholders in the private sector.

ASEAN Brunei Climate Change Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippine Singapore Thailand

20 Feb 2024

Why Ganjar-Mahfud Were Beaten on Their Own Turf But PDI-P Survived

Made Supriatma

A post-election analysis of Ganjar Pranowo’s poor showing in last week’s presidential election requires examining what went on behind the scenes and at the grassroots level, including on his home turf, Central Java.

Indonesia Indonesian Elections Indonesian Politics