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Jokowi was once seen as Indonesia’s ‘new hope’. Instead, he leaves a legacy of democratic backsliding
Edward Aspinall writes in The Conversation

The Yazidi survivors seeking justice
Susan Hutchinson speaks to ABC Listen

Looking back at Jokowi’s decade of resource nationalism
Dr Eve Warburton writes in Lowy Institute - The Interpreter

This Week in History: Aung San Suu Kyi placed under house arrest in 1989

A/Prof Nick Cheesman speaks to ABC Listen

Democratic transitions: What we know and what we don't know

Prof Edward Aspinall et al. speak to Political and Environmental Psychology and Social Science Seminar Series - Social Change Lab

Claims of widespread fraud as ex-military strongman is declared Indonesian president
A/Prof Marcus Mietzner quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald

Even with a 30% quota in place, Indonesian women face an uphill battle running for office
Dr Sally White writes in The Conversation

Myanmar in crisis as Junta lose control
A/Prof Nick Cheesman speaks to ABC listen

Upcoming and past events
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Tue, 12 Nov 2024

Borderlands Citizenship: Displaceability and Recognition at the Thai-Myanmar Border

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Tue, 5 Nov 2024

Minding the mob: Vigilantism and impunity in democratic Indonesia

This event is postponed until further notice. 

 
Tue, 5 Nov 2024

Community as Movement: Assemblages and Media in Thailand

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Tue, 22 Oct 2024

Rituals of release: The meanings and experience of mass pardons in Myanmar

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Tue, 3 Sep 2024

Making Buddhist Law in Sri Lanka and Ceylon

Department of Political and Social Change Seminar Series
Thu, 22 Aug 2024

Remembering James C. Scott

This event is jointly hosted by the Department of Political and Social Change at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs and the

Tue, 20 Aug 2024

Unequal Burden: Colonial Taxation and Living Standard Disparities Within Minorities

Join A/Prof Jenny Guardado as she examines indigenous socioeconomic sorting as an unexplored consequence of Spanish colonization in the Americas.
Tue, 6 Aug 2024

Innovation under Decentralized State Capitalism: Government Investment, Capital Market, and the Chinese EV Industry

How is genuine technological innovation possible in an authoritarian regime which is deeply involved in the economy?

News & stories
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Joko Widodo and Marcus Mietzner 2023
A/Prof Marcus Mietzner and Jokowi in Jakarta's Merdeka Palace in October 2023.

Interviewing Indonesia’s outgoing President: A/Prof Marcus Mietzner writes about Jokowi
For A/Prof Marcus Mietzner, writing a book about Indonesia’s long-time president was a career highlight, but also posed significant challenges.
  • Indonesia
  • Democracy and elections
  • president
  • biography
Protesters block access to the parliament building in Jakarta on 22 August to protest a move to reverse the Constitutional Court decision altering eligibility rules for candidates in a key election later this year (Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters block access to the parliament building in Jakarta on 22 August to protest a move to reverse the Constitutional Court decision altering eligibility rules for candidates in a key election later this year (Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images)

Prabowo’s capitulation in Constitutional Court crisis only a partial victory
An apparent win for civil society masks elite political manoeuvring as Indonesia’s local elections loom.
Harold Crouch (left) with PhD students, Marcus Mietzner (now an Indonesia specialist based at ANU) and Inwon Hwang (South Korea's leading Malaysian politics expert), c. 1997.
Harold Crouch (left) with PhD students, Marcus Mietzner (now an Indonesia specialist based at ANU) and Inwon Hwang (South Korea's leading Malaysian politics expert), c. 1997.

Vale Emeritus Professor Harold Crouch
Emeritus Professor Harold Crouch, who died on 27 August 2023, was an eminent scholar of Indonesian and Malaysian politics, and of Southeast Asia generally.
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Meet Haula Noor
Having interviewed more than 30 jihadists’ families in Indonesia, Haula tells us about her experience as a PhD candidate at the Bell School.
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2019 and 2021 PIES book launch
Join us for the launch of the 2019 and 2021 PIES books: Kontestasi Nalar Keberagamaan Kontemporer, and Terobosan Akademik Australia-Indonesia.
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Electoral rules, clientelism and partisanship in Indonesia
Diego Fossati analyzes the case of Indonesia to illustrate a close link between electoral laws and patterns of mass partisanship.
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Entrenched illiberalism in mainland Southeast Asia
Experts working on and in Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia address questions around liberal democracy in Southeast Asia under the five rubrics: Agency, repression, security, activism, and sovereignty.
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Edward Aspinall awarded Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Education
Recognising Professor Aspinall's exceptional contribution to the quality of learning, teaching and student experience at ANU