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View all search resultsAs Indonesia deliberates the military’s role in domestic security, the priority must remain the preservation of the criminal justice system over purely kinetic solutions. Effective counterterrorism is measured not by the neutralization of threats, but by the state’s ability to uphold legal accountability under civilian oversight.
A draft Presidential Regulation (Perpres) lays out the military’s responsibilities in combating terrorism, including three roles for the Indonesian Military (TNI), which activists argue should be mainly carried out by civilian institutions such as the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT).
The new police reform efforts underway since the August-September protests must clearly delineate the steps toward rebuilding a civilian policing institution, in particular redefining the role and functions of the National Police’s paramilitary Brimob unit.
The question of women in the armed forces has drawn excitement as well as criticism from various feminist scholars. While some argue that such inclusion invalidates the logic of masculinist protection and debunks myths of war, others contend that this does little for the cause of gender equality as it perpetuates militarization, patriarchy and war.
A National Police task force launched a counterterror operation in Central Sulawesi, killing East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) leader Ali Kalora and an accomplice in a remote village in Parigi Moutong regency on Saturday.
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