
Indonesia’s white elephant in the jungle will be reared on foreign capital – or will it?
Economy, Uncategorized, Urban planningJoko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is scheduled to visit Australia next month, his fifth and likely last trip south as Indonesian President. He wants foreign investors to back a project that he hopes will define his legacy - shifting Indonesia’s overcrowded, over-polluted and over-stressed capital from Java 1,300 km north to Kalimantan.

Indonesia needs to incentivise public servants justly and equitably to deliver reforms
UncategorizedThe Indonesian government recently intensified its push to make the public service more entrepreneurial but these calls prompted strong reactions from Indonesia’s civil servants. Many see these appeals as overlooking the most important reform – the urgent need to offer civil servants a decent living wage.

Talking Indonesia: natural disasters and ancient beliefs
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Indonesia is no stranger to natural disasters and it is not surprising that societies throughout the ages have attached political and social significance to these displays of natural power.
In this episode, Dr Elisabeth Kramer speaks…

Football World Cup: has a hard line on Israel undermined Indonesian soft power?
Foreign Policy, Politics, UncategorizedA lot has been said about Fifa's decision to replace Indonesia as the host of the Under-20 World Cup. Here Ario Bimo Utomo takes a look at the impact of the decision on Indonesian soft power.

A clean sweep for Megawati and Jokowi?
2014 Indonesian Elections, Archived, UncategorizedIndonesia has had a series of minority governments since the fall of Soeharto in 1998, but former President Megawati Soekarnoputri’s party, PDI-P, might just emerge from tomorrow’s legislative elections closer to winning the first majority…