Muhammad Aqshadigrama is a postgraduate student at the Indonesian International Islamic University and a researcher at the Think First Institute in Indonesia Indonesia may soon reconsider one of the key reforms of its post-authoritarian democratic system: the direct election of regional leaders. A proposal gaining traction in parliament would return the power to elect governors,…
David and Sue Richardson are independent UK-based specialists in Asian textiles Just a 90-minute flight from the tourist-choked streets of southern Bali lies the fascinating and rarely visited island of Sumba, with its unique religion, its megalithic culture and its superb textiles. In the past Sumba was divided into over thirty domains, each led by…
James M Dorsey
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Herald van der Linde is the author of Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia’s Greatest Empire and HSBC’s Chief Asian Equity Strategist As diplomatic showdowns go, this summit was without parallel. In a grand pavilion in the magnificent grounds of the royal palace of Singasari in eastern Java, an envoy from Kublai Khan, probably the…
Herald van der Linde is the author of Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City and HSBC’s Chief Asian Equity Strategist, based in Hong Kong. Jakarta is a fabulous city. To many, this statement might sound odd. The city conjures up images of endless traffic jams, immense shopping malls that all sell pretty much the same…
Edbert Gani Suryahudaya is a PhD student at the University of Toronto and a researcher at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Indonesia On 22 May 2019, a furious crowd of protesters stormed the office of Indonesia’s Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in response to the recently announced election results that granted Joko Widodo (Jokowi)…
Ben Bland in conversation with Sir Richard Gozney, 16 June 2021, 13.00
Herald van der Linde, Wednesday, 17 February, 14.00
