Posts with tag: Joko Widodo

Dual leadership? The Prabowo-Jokowi alliance is just getting more toxic

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As a politician steeped in Javanese statecraft and power plays, Jokowi clearly has little appetite for a direct confrontation. But this does not make him any less assertive than Prabowo.

‘Dark Indonesia’ and Jokowi’s legacy of predatory populism

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Instead of dismantling the entrenched power of oligarchic elites, Jokowi’s populism has deepened predatory tendencies by attacking institutional reforms established after the fall of Suharto. His political strategy has aligned the accumulation of capital with business interests, populist rhetoric, and bureaucratic life—while also weakening legal structures to allow exploitation of state resources and redistribution of wealth to political allies.

The new TNI Law is about much more than just military dual function

The new TNI law enhances legal justifications for the military’s dual function, but it does not inevitably lead to a return to military authoritarian rule under Prabowo. This is because attempts to centralise power in a single ruler inherently threaten to reduce the share of power and resources available to other contending political-economic elite players.

Is Jokowi still a political force?

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Two weeks after leaving the State Palace and transferring his official position to President Prabowo Subianto, it looks like Jokowi is not retiring from politics, as he once claimed he planned to do.

It takes two to tango: Why dynastic politics is on the rise in Indonesia

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It is suggested here that the emergence of political dynasties, including Jokowi’s, has  been facilitated by Indonesian voters’ indifferent, if not even supportive, attitude towards dynastic politics.

From man of the people to elite dynasty builder: Indonesia at Melbourne looks back at Jokowi’s 10 years in power

We look back at the critical moments in Jokowi’s presidency through some of the articles written by our authors to make sense of what seems to be an inglorious end to his 10 years in power.  

Jokowi’s 10-year presidency: a tragedy for Indonesia’s democracy?

For some, Jokowi’s biggest legacy may be the greater economic prosperity he promoted. For others it may be Nusantara, the new capital city project in East Kalimantan that he launched. But his longest lasting legacy may be the damage he has done to democracy.

For Prabowo, Gibran’s online past is less of a problem than his offline future

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A troll social media account under the name of Fufufafa in Indonesia’s oldest chat forum, Kaskus, has sparked speculation about the relationship dynamics between president-elect Prabowo Subianto and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

Talking Indonesia: building the new capital

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Indonesia's planned new capital, Nusantara, has set high standards of design and sustainability. Will it be able to deliver on its promises? Dr Jemma Purdey chats to Associate Professor Eka Permanasari in Talking Indonesia.

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