Gatra Priyandita

Nov 19, 2024 | realcleardefense.com | Gatra Priyandita

Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, needed only three weeks in office to make three big concessions to China. In a joint statement with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 9 November, Prabowo acknowledged Chinese maritime claims that Indonesia had long rejected. Despite leading the most populous Muslim-majority country, he affirmed China’s right to deal with Xinjiang as it pleased.

Nov 14, 2024 | aspistrategist.org.au | Gatra Priyandita

Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, needed only three weeks in office to make three big concessions to China. In a joint statement with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on 9 November, Prabowo acknowledged Chinese maritime claims that Indonesia had long rejected. Despite leading the most populous Muslim-majority country, he affirmed China’s right to deal with Xinjiang as it pleased.

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.

Oct 24, 2024 | aspistrategist.org.au | Gatra Priyandita

Southeast Asian countries have made an important step towards operationalising UN standards on government cyberspace behaviour, but the job is far from finished. On behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Singapore last week published a checklist of action points aimed at giving effect to the standards, which are called 11 norms and were endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 2015.

Sep 29, 2024 | aspistrategist.org.au | Gatra Priyandita

Prabowo Subianto, who will assume Indonesia’s presidency on 20 October, will be much more his own defence and foreign minister than was his predecessor, Joko Widodo (Jokowi). And he’s likely to rebalance policy in favour of national security over economic development. But the ministers who take those portfolios will also exercise great influence, and Prabowo’s choices for the position are key issues for Australia.