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View all search resultsIndeed, Ilham A. Habibie is pursuing a more egalitarian approach to the digital economy by bringing digital empowerment to the bottom rung of society. In doing so, he may indeed bring his father’s modus operandi into the digital age.
Habibie was aware at the time that to retain East Timor would not only be unconstitutional, but would hurt Indonesia’s credibility in a time of economic crisis. Today, Indonesia needs statesmanship to resolve its Papua conundrum.
While staff members came and went, as in any organization, BJ Habibie was a constant lighthouse. As a new recruit to the Habibie Center, I still remember clearly the day I first met this proverbial beacon; Friday, April 20, 2012, to be precise.
An aerospace engineer who studied in Aachen, Germany, Habibie became an internationally acclaimed technocrat for his inventions, including a theorem in crack propagation for airplanes, for which he earned the moniker “Mr. Crack” from his international colleagues.
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