By Murray Hiebert & Conor Cronin President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo of Indonesia made his first official visit to the United States on October 26 and 27. Jokowi, who was elected in 2014 in an atmosphere of optimism, has struggled to…
By Jonathan Bogais — Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo, Jokowi, for short, is in Washington for high-level talks with President Barack Obama, U.S. officials, and business leaders. Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world, the third biggest democracy, and…
By Zachary Abuza The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recently released their 2014 database, which shows robust growth in defense spending throughout Southeast Asia. Though the SIPRI data only goes through 2014, when at least two countries have already…
Who is he? Bambang Brodjonegoro has been the finance minister of Indonesia since October 2014. He was a vice minister of finance during the administration of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Before entering government in 2011, Bambang served as a…
By Murray Hiebert & Phuong Nguyen Indonesians’ public discourse about their country’s international profile has shifted dramatically over the past few months. New president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration wants Indonesia’s economy, the largest in ASEAN and 16th largest in the…
Who is he? Agung Laksono is a longtime Indonesian politician who currently heads a splinter faction of Golkar, Indonesia’s oldest and second largest political party. He was until recently the party’s deputy chairman and has had extensive legislative and leadership…
By Adelle Neary Many commentators assumed following Indonesia’s July 9 presidential election that members of defeated candidate Prabowo Subianto’s six-party “Red and White” coalition would not want to be locked out of government and would seek to realign themselves with…
Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on March 15 that he will run for president of Indonesia this July under the banner of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). The announcement followed months of waiting for party chair and former…
By Brian Kraft The following multimedia presentation prepared by the CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies reviews key data in the run up to the 2014 Indonesian elections. The presentation is best viewed in full screen on a web…
By Vibhanshu Shekhar As the curtains were drawing to a close on the 2013 APEC summit meetings in Bali, Indonesia, both China’s president Xi Jinping and the host, Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, were beaming with excitement. They had different…
