December 6th, 2009Authors: Hadi Soesastro (CSIS, Jakarta) and Peter Drysdale (ANU, Canberra)The idea that regional architecture in Asia and the Pacific is not up to the tasks it now needs to serve has been around for some time. It has been inspired in part by worries about the untidiness in the competing structures — across the Pacific, of APEC, and within East Asia, of ASEAN +3 and the East Asia... [Read Post]
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Guest Author: Donald K. Emmerson, Southeast Asia Forum, Stanford UniversityJakarta, Indonesia—‘When will he come?’ Again and again in this city I have been asked when US President Barack Hussein will visit Indonesia. I cannot remember a time, since my first trip here in 1967, when Indonesians...
20 May 2009 05:52
May 15th, 2009Author: Chris Manning, Indonesia Project, ANUIt’s all but official, yet still a surprise. Economic analyst, manager and academic, Dr Boediono, the current Central Bank Governor, has been named as President Yudhoyono’s choice of running mate for the first round of Presidential elect...
20 May 2009 05:43
Guest Author: Ann Marie Murphy, Whitehead School of DiplomacyHillary Clinton deserves credit for making Indonesia the second country she visited as Secretary of State. Indonesia may be the world’s fourth most populous country, third largest democracy, and home to the world’s largest community of...
20 May 2009 05:42


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