Who is he? Mahendra Siregar is one of the rising young Indonesian technocrats who are in a position assume the country’s top macroeconomic leadership positions. An economist by training, Mahendra recently served as deputy finance minister. Before that he held…
By David A. Parker Fortune has been fickle for emerging markets of late. Weeks after larger-than-expected current account deficits and the prospect of tighter monetary policy in the United States brought the value of the Indian rupee and Indonesian rupiah…
By Michael Vatikiotis This is an edited version of a speech delivered in public at the Thai Government-sponsored ‘Uniting for the Future Special lecture series‘ on September 2, 2013. The entire speech was broadcast nationally and published in the Bangkok…
Indonesia’s economy is the world’s 16th largest and has been growing at more than 6 percent annually in recent years. However, the country is subject to a number of structural economic problems, including a difficult investment climate, a growing current…
By Felix Sharief French foreign minister Laurent Fabius visited Jakarta from July 31 to August 2 in an effort to build a bilateral strategic partnership with Indonesia. Fabius also visited the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),…
Who is he? General Moeldoko was sworn in as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) in May 2013. Moeldoko previously held several leadership positions in the Indonesian army, including as an infantry division commander and deputy…
By Brian Harding On August 29, Brunei will host the second ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+), a forum established during Vietnam’s 2010 ASEAN chairmanship that consists of 18 members – the 10 ASEAN nations plus the United States, Japan,…
By Sidney Jones Land and resource conflicts are an increasing source of violence in Indonesia, and a looming showdown in Sumatra shows why. The dispute in Mesuji, Lampung province is over an industrial tree plantation, but it could just as…
Indonesia’s Ministry of Education and Culture launched a new curriculum in over 6,000 schools across the country on July 15. Initially, the ministry planned to launch the program of studies in over 100,000 schools, but reduced its target when many…
Recently, Asia watchers have seen a surge of nominations for ambassadorial positions as President Barack Obama solidifies his second term foreign policy team and diplomatic leadership overseas. The CSIS Asia team has profiled each of the five incoming U.S. ambassadors…
