
From ‘foreign agents’ to ‘deep state’: how security rhetoric is redefining who counts as Indonesian
Analysis, Politics, SocietyThe broader implication is a shift in how political contestation is understood. When criticism is framed through the language of security and foreignness, political debate moves away from questions of policy and towards questions of belonging, which, ironically, are then used to isolate and exclude many loyal Indonesians who love their country.


