Posts with tag: Jemaah Islamiyah
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.
Jemaah Islamiyah on the brink of splintering?
Religion, SecurityA series of arrests of members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) from April to May 2020 revealed the first JI attack plot in Indonesia since 2009. The plot signals that JI may be on the brink of splintering, write V. Arianti and Ulta Levenia.
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.