Happy New Year everyone! We're looking forward to exciting developments in the coming year with the Indonesian elections fast upon us and the ongoing tug of war between democratising elements and oligarchic structures of power acting as progressive and retrograde forces in Indonesian politics. This election will be an interesting and controversial one as SBY bows out. We can expect to see domestic politics in play as leaders attempt to run on platforms of nationalism and unification as well as floating policies on resource management and how to improve the justice system such as the Constitutional Court and local elections, as well as improvements to the health care system with the initiation of universal health care which came into place on January 1st.
Please enjoy these first posts of the New Year:
"Reinforcing Resource Nationalism," By Colin Singer, January 2014.
"Recovering from a Rebuff," By Duncan Graham, January 2014.
"Australia and Indonesia: What now?" By David Connery and Natalie Sambhi, December 2013.
Here are some links to relevant articles:
An Indonesian point of view about improving relations with Australia.
Indonesian national health care has arrived!
Details about the Healthcare scheme from University of Melbourne's Amanda Simmons.
And please don't forget that all members of the Indonesia Institute are encouraged to submit articles and opinion pieces for the blog. I'm sure many of you will have some thoughts on current affairs that you might be willing to share with us. Don't be shy.
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