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Indonesia’s pandemic foreign policy: Between pragmatism and Jokowi’s legacy

  • Muhamad Arif,

Jakarta seems to be playing a long game: keeping the great powers from outright conflict while reaping as many benefits as possible.

INTRODUCTION: The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

  • Professor Timothy J. Lynch and Professor Robert S. Ross,

The war in Ukraine has thrown into relief the prospects for peace in the Indo-Pacific.

Who will study Indonesia in the future?

  • Professor Edward Aspinall, Associate Professor Sharyn Davies and Professor Vedi Hadiz,

Economic and cultural biases tend to lead to Australian governments and elite institutions (including universities) looking past Asia in favour of Europe and North America.

A Contemporary Rationale for Indonesian Language and Studies in Australian Schools: Literature Scan

This Literature Review was commissioned as part of the ‘Why
Indonesia matters in our schools: A rationale for Indonesian
language learning in Australian education’ and prepared by
Dr Michelle Kohler.

WEBINAR: Asian states and their diasporas

China India and Indonesia are increasingly seeing the huge potential of their diasporas for economic development.