ARTICLES

14 Feb 2024

Financing Indonesia’s Energy Transition: Will the Next President Finally Spark Change?

Anissa R. Suharsono|Yanuar Nugroho

All three contenders for today’s presidential election in Indonesia have pledged to make its energy sector greener. However, they have not gone far enough in their campaign promises, especially on funding this green transition, which bodes ill no matter who wins the vote.

13 Feb 2024

Indonesia’s Presidential Election and Palestinian Issues

Nostalgiawan Wahyudhi|Ahmad Najib Burhani

Each candidate aspiring towards Indonesia’s presidency has had to voice his support for the Palestinian cause and people, not least because he will soon lead the world’s largest Muslim majority country.

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13 Feb 2024

Will the PSI Enter Indonesia’s National Parliament After the 2024 Elections?

Leo Suryadinata

The Indonesian Solidarity Party, PSI, is aiming to secure some national parliamentary seats in tomorrow’s elections. Hitching their wagon to the outgoing president and his youngest son, who now heads PSI, might not be the failsafe strategy PSI’s ambitious politicians think it is.

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9 Feb 2024

Indonesia’s Presidential Election: The Limitations of Surveys on Electability

Burhanuddin Muhtadi

Surveys prior to election day can reveal a lot but not everything, including whether Indonesia will know who its next president is by next week or in late June.

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8 Feb 2024

Questioning the Neutrality of Nahdlatul Ulama in Indonesia’s 2024 Election

Syafiq Hasyim

Despite declarations of the mass Muslim organisation’s political neutrality, there are misgivings on the ground about the Nahdlatul Ulama leadership’s true inclinations for next week’s election.

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8 Feb 2024

Can Prabowo-Gibran Win Outright Against a Ganjar-Anies Alliance?

Made Supriatma

The odds of a one round knockout by frontrunner candidate Prabowo Subianto might be narrowing, with less than a week to go before polling day.

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People attend a job fair held by the Confucius Institute at University of Al-Azhar in Jakarta

5 Feb 2024

Unemployment, Poverty and Corruption: Young Indonesian Voters’ Top Economic Concerns

Siwage Dharma Negara|Maria Monica Wihardja

Indonesian Millennials and Gen-Z would like their next president to create jobs, eradicate poverty and combat corruption. While personality dominates the Indonesian election, policy platforms will impact the country’s future – and may tilt the election outcome.

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2 Feb 2024

Will Better-Informed Indonesian Youth Vote for Dynastic Politicians?

Iim Halimatusa’diyah|Yoes C. Kenawas|Fikri Fahrul Faiz

Political dynasties are prevalent in Indonesia and many new democracies, with regressive effects, but recent research finds that Indonesian university students are averse to political dynasties. Critical and well-informed youth can be agents of change in strengthening democracy.

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1 Feb 2024

Indonesian Voters’ Preferences in 2024: Less Determined, More Diverse

Yatun Sastramidjaja

A December 2023 ISEAS-Premise survey on Indonesian voters’ reasons for liking and disliking the presidential candidates sheds more light on what voters want to see in their next president. Strength, intelligence and independence, not cuteness, are the keys to their ballot.

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30 Jan 2024

An Election to End All Elections?

Ian Wilson

Indonesia’s upcoming presidential and legislative elections will take place against a backdrop of increasing party and legislative buy-in to the idea of downsizing the scale of direct elections. What might a Prabowo presidency mean for the future of its electoral democracy?

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