By Blake Day Recent developments in Indonesia’s Papua province bring to the fore continued political instability in the troubled region. These include August protests surrounding use of the Morning Star flag—a symbol of Papuan independence, the September shooting of a…
Who is he? Mahendra Siregar is one of the rising young Indonesian technocrats who are in a position assume the country’s top macroeconomic leadership positions. An economist by training, Mahendra recently served as deputy finance minister. Before that he held…
Who is he? General Moeldoko was sworn in as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) in May 2013. Moeldoko previously held several leadership positions in the Indonesian army, including as an infantry division commander and deputy…
By Jack Georgieff The final week of June saw the return of Kevin Rudd as Australian prime minister, ending Julia Gillard’s three year reign and suddenly making the upcoming federal election contestable for the Australian Labor Party again. Gillard was…
Who is he? Sidarto Danusubroto is a senior member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). The 77-year-old veteran legislator was a former West Java police chief and an aide to Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno. Sidarto was a member…
Who is he? Muhamad Chatib Basri has served as chairman of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board since June 2012. Prior to that, he was vice chairman of the National Economic Committee, a government think tank, from 2010-2012. He is a highly…
Who is he? Hatta Rajasa has served as Indonesia’s economic coordinating minister since 2009 and as state secretary since 2007. Rajasa previously served as transportation minister from 2004 to 2009, and research and technology minister from 2001 to 2004. He…
Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Germany and Hungary from March 4-8, focusing heavily on increasing trade, investment, and tourism with each country. The Germany trip comes seven months after Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Indonesia to establish the comprehensive Jakarta…
By Murray Hiebert Transparency International gave Indonesia another poor grade on December 1 in the country’s ongoing battle against corruption. Indonesia scored 3 out of a possible 10 (the cleanest score) in Transparency’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a slight…
