Posts with tag: Jakarta riots

The urban poor in the Jakarta riots

2019 Indonesian Elections, Analysis, Politics, Society

Ahmad Syarif Syechbubakr writes that most analyses of the recent Jakarta riots have ignored the social situation on the ground, which provided a fertile environment for the riots to escalate.

Jakarta bruised but Prabowo’s wrecking likely to fail

2019 Indonesian Elections, Analysis, Elections, Political parties, Politics

Indonesian democracy has taken a beating over the past few days. Dr Dave McRae looks at what could be done to prevent a repeat of this week's events in future elections.

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