Sunday, October 9, 2022

Time to shift our focus on Indonesian communist studies?

 


The “communist” label, inherited from Suharto’s era, has become a traditional part of the Indonesian “political repertoire”. The great irony is that the more the authoritarian regime establishes a categorical interconnection with latent threats and the definition of an Indonesian communist, the more unclear they become. 

My latest op-ed published in New Mandala. See here

Monday, October 3, 2022

Why Indonesia Can Still Not Cope with the Specter of Communism (op-ed The Jakarta Post)

 


My latest op-ed in The Jakarta Post this morning. Every 30th September, Indonesia has its political routine: celebrating the spectre of communists.... 

Read full article here

Indonesia's Political Crisis: What Prabowo's Administration Failed to See Coming

 The political upheaval—indeed a crisis, if one dares to characterise it as such—that has engulfed Indonesia during the nascent stages of th...