joko widodo



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 20, 2021 • 10 min read

Analysis Jokowi’s Papua strategy: Development above all else?

By Arie Ruhyanto • Jul 20, 2021
Indonesian president Joko Widido is known for his business-first approach to politics – nowhere is this more true than in Papua. But while the region has seen development and infrastructure growth, ecological damage and unsolved rights abuses undermine this legacy

Jul 09, 2021 • 9 min read
Analysis

Craving a legacy, will Jokowi push ahead with capital move?

Indonesian president Joko Widodo has earned a reputation as pro-business – to the detriment of all else in the eyes of his critics. With the country's pandemic-ravaged economy risking plans to move the capital, he will be keen to see his defining legacy come to fruition
By Edbert Gani Suryahudaya • Jul 09, 2021

Jul 09, 2020 • 5 min read
Opinion

Why Indonesian workers should be concerned about the Omnibus Bill

With Indonesia's controversial and sweeping pro-investment Omnibus Bill set to be passed this year, researchers at Amnesty International Indonesia explain why workers should be concerned about the legislation's finer details
By Dominique Virgil and Rahma Safira • Jul 09, 2020

Apr 20, 2020 • 7 min read
Tales of the Pandemic

The quiet before Ramadan in Yogyakarta

Each year, Ramadan witnesses one of the world's great migrations of people as worshippers return home for the Islamic holy month. In Yogyakarta, Indonesia an unease about what people may bring with them is overshadowing this year's celebrations
By Harriet Crisp • Apr 20, 2020

Apr 10, 2020 • 7 min read
Covid-19

‘Indonesia’s politicisation of the virus is stopping effective response’

Covid-19 is perhaps the most politicised virus in human history, and in Indonesia it's no different. Political analyst Yohanes Sulaiman explains how President Jokowi's economic aspirations, combined with opposition scheming, have resulted in a weak response to the crisis
By Yohanes Sulaiman • Apr 10, 2020

Feb 27, 2020 • 11 min read
Indonesian public health

Meeting the mark

Despite being Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia's children are among the most stunted and malnourished in the world. The Globe looks at the causes of this public health crisis in the vast archipelago nation
By Alastair McCready • Feb 27, 2020

Nov 26, 2019 • 13 min read
Indonesian politics

In the blood

Elected as the archipelago’s first non-dynastic leader, Joko Widodo could be about to launch a political line of his own
By Stania Puspa • Nov 26, 2019