Posts with tag: Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
JI’s decision to disband is for real
Analysis, SecurityIt was not some snap decision, easily reversed. It was the result of a nearly 15-year reconsideration of ends and means.
Ba'asyir's bizarre on/off release disrupts Jokowi's campaign
2019 Indonesian Elections, Analysis, Politics, SecurityProfessor Tim Lindsey writes that Jokowi's backtracking on plans to release Abu Bakar Ba'asyir is a reminder that there are still powerful nationalist forces in government who regarded Islamist hardliners as an existential threat.