ARTICLES

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.

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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29 Jan 2024

Policy Possibilities after Indonesia’s Presidential Election 2024

Yanuar Nugroho

Campaign rhetoric from all the candidates aside, the developmental challenges awaiting Indonesia’s next president need fresh thinking and brave action. Will the right people get in?

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22 Jan 2024

Indonesia Votes 2024: Personality Versus Policy in the Presidential Election

Julia Lau|Maria Monica Wihardja

A nationwide survey finds that many Indonesian voters supporting a party in the legislative election might not support the party’s chosen presidential candidate. The three presidential candidates are liked more for their personality traits than policy stances. In short, personality still outweighs policy.

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19 Jan 2024

The Twin Axis in Indonesian Politics: Elite Personal Ambition and the Alienation of Civil Society

Max Lane

This Long Read argues that a 20-year process of consolidation of a homogeneous political outlook among the parties controlling the Indonesian electoral scene has facilitated a political life that is dominated by personal rivalry and ambitions, and which has opened the way for dynasty building.

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17 Jan 2024

Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Campaigns: Hyper-local and Personal Touchpoints Matter Most

Lee Sue-Ann|Maria Monica Wihardja

A recent survey shows that younger Indonesian voters, like their older fellow citizens, still hold traditional media and in-person conversations in high regard when it comes to learning about the elections and deciding whom to vote for.

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