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Academia 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Prabowo's leadership: Balancing centralization and the future of Indonesia’s democracy
Prabowo's big-tent leadership approach hearkens the pre-Reform top-down governance model and signals a regression toward centralized authority, leaving a question as to whether he can rise to the challenge of strengthening Indonesia's pluralistic, inclusive democracy toward sustainable governance.
Academia 1 year ago
PREMIUM
The ghosts of G30S: Deconstructing the 'red scare'
The aftermath of the so-called G30S incident on Sept. 30, 1965, as well as the normalization of violence during Soeharto's authoritarian regime, continues to shape sociopolitical discourse that leads to nostalgia and disillusionment.
Academia 1 year ago
PREMIUM
Digital literacy, not censorship, is key to mitigating social media harm
The manipulation of public opinion through social media is particularly concerning in contexts where internet freedom is limited, as this reduces the availability of diverse information and increases the impacts of propaganda.
Presidential Race 2 years ago
Prabowo pays tribute to New Order president Soeharto
Addressing a sea of jubilant fans, the 72-year-old waxed lyrical about being carried in the arms of the nation's founder Sukarno, and offered gags about massaging former leader Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and lunching with Soeharto, the country's second president.
Perspectives 2 years ago
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Intellectual solidarity in the face of political injustice
History teaches us that in all authoritarian regimes, it is the army, police and other legal enforcement agencies, who do the evil works of arbitrary leaders to help establish a dictatorial and inhumane regime.
