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Dec 5, 2024 | 
newmandala.org | Adhi Priamarizki |Muhamad Haripin |Edward Aspinall |Fauziah Mayangsari
In the days following his inauguration on 20 October, President Prabowo Subianto moved quickly to appoint a total of 136 coordinating ministers, ministers and their deputies, agency chiefs and their deputies, and special envoy/advisor posts. With 48 of these being ministerial or ministerial-equivalent positions, no New Order or post-reformasi cabinet has had more members than what Prabowo has dubbed his “Red and White” cabinet.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
newmandala.org | Douglas Kammen |Gatra Priyandita |Wang Lezhi |Edward Aspinall
For Timor-Leste, the 20th century was a century of repeated mass violence. While the Manufahi Rebellion of 1911–1912 is celebrated by East Timorese as the last great uprising against Portuguese rule, and the terrible loss of life under the Indonesian occupation (1975–1999) is viewed as the tragic price of freedom, the impact of the Japanese occupation (1942–1945)—both demographic and social—has been all but neglected.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
newmandala.org | Edward Aspinall |Wang Lezhi |Nick Kuipers |Fauziah Mayangsari
One of the legacies Joko Widodo leaves Indonesia is a dramatically changed relationship between government and civil society.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Edward Aspinall
By Edward Aspinall, Professor in Southeast Asian Politics, Australian National University
For Jokowi, maintaining popular support and satisfying public demands was the essence of democracy. He was not interested in institutions that place limits on governmental power. Read complete article© The Conversation
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Edward Aspinall
As Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) prepares to leave office, Indonesia is still routinely lauded as one of Asia’s most important democracies. Jokowi was first elected, in 2014, on the promise of breaking with the old Jakarta elite and making government more responsive to ordinary people. He was backed by many ardent supporters of Indonesia’s Reformasi movement.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
weekendtimes.com.au | Edward Aspinall
Written by Edward Aspinall, Professor in Southeast Asian Politics, Australian National University As Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) prepares to leave office, Indonesia is still routinely lauded as one of Asia’s most important democracies. Jokowi was first elected, in 2014, on the promise of breaking with the old Jakarta elite and making government more responsive to ordinary people. He was backed by many ardent supporters of Indonesia’s Reformasi movement.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
cambridge.org | Edward Aspinall |Meredith L. Weiss |Allen Hicken |Paul Hutchcroft
Politicians in Southeast Asia, as in many other regions, win elections by distributing cash, goods, jobs, projects, and other benefits to supporters, but the ways in which they do this vary tremendously, both across and within countries. Mobilizing for Elections presents a new framework for analyzing variation in patronage democracies, focusing on distinct forms of patronage and different networks through which it is distributed.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
newmandala.org | Stephen Sherlock |Sana Jaffrey |Eve Warburton |Edward Aspinall
On 14 February Indonesians did not only elect a new president, but also 580 members of the parliament, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR). The first four post-Suharto parliamentary elections were subject to great scrutiny, being scheduled months before the appointment of the president (in 1999) and the direct election of the president (from 2004).
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
newmandala.org | Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo |Nicholas Kuipers |Eve Warburton |Edward Aspinall
“Data! Data! Data! ― I can’t make bricks without clay,” Sherlock Holmes was described saying in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Copper Beeches. For students of Indonesian politics, public opinion data is the clay we need to make sense of this year’s national and local elections. The stakes are high: over the past few years, Indonesia has experienced what many observers regard as a democratic erosion.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
newmandala.org | Sana Jaffrey |Eve Warburton |Nava Nuraniyah |Edward Aspinall
According to all credible quick counts, Prabowo Subianto will be the next president of Indonesia. He and his running mate, President Joko Widodo’s son Gibran Rakabuming Raka, won the three-way race with a convincing 58% of the votes, easily clearing the 50% threshold required to win in a single round.
