Posts with tag: Megawati Soekarnoputri

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.

Megawati’s ‘joke’ exposes the classist and racist views of the political elite

Politics, Society

Former President Megawati Soejarnoputri has been widely criticised for comments she made about West Papuans and meatball soup sellers (tukang bakso).

Talking Indonesia: the Soekarno dynasty

Politics, Talking Indonesia

How has the Soekarno dynasty survived and thrived for three generations? What are the challenges of regeneration facing the family? Dr Jemma Purdey explores these questions and more with Associate Professor Marcus Mietzner in the latest episode of Talking Indonesia.

When is a tadpole like a bat? The riddle of Indonesia’s vanishing political divide

20 Years After Soeharto, 2019 Indonesian Elections, Analysis, Corruption, Elections, Environment, Politics, Society

As former arch-rivals Jokowi and Prabowo team up, Airlangga Pribadi Kusman asks how different their positions were to begin with.

Indonesia’s reformasi journey: an insider’s reflection

Analysis, Politics

Indonesia has been praised for its relatively smooth transition from authoritarianism to democracy, especially in light of the dashed hopes of the Arab Spring. But the journey has not been easy. Dr Dewi Fortuna Anwar reflects on what Indonesia has achieved in the two decades since the start of the reformasi movement that led to the fall of Soeharto.