Indonesia
Scholarly Publications
Organization of Disaster Aid Delivery: Spending Your Donations
April 2016
This article examines how different organizational structures in disaster aid delivery affect house aid quality.
Rebranding Islam: Piety, Prosperity, and a Self-Help Guru
November 2015
Kyai Haji Abdullah Gymnastiar, known affectionately by Indonesians as "Aa Gym" (elder brother Gym), rose to fame via nationally televised sermons, best-selling books, and corporate training...
Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance in Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, and the Naval Area Medical Research Unit 2
January 2012
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose international security threats because of their potential to inflict harm upon humans, crops, livestock, health infrastructure, and economies.
Other Publications
ASEAN @ 50, Southeast Asia @ Risk: What Should Be Done?
January 2018
In October 2017, twenty-two scholars from eight countries attended a workshop titled “ASEAN @ 50, Southeast Asia @ Risk: What should be done?” The workshop was designed to facilitate a frank and...
Demographic Change in East Asia: Economic, Social, and Security Implications
December 2011
Japan leads, chased closely by South Korea, with China, on a vastly larger scale, not far behind.
Asian Policy Challenges for the Next President
August 2008
In a few short months, a new U.S. administration will take office in Washington. It will inherit adecent hand to play in Asia. The region is not currently in crisis.
News
Democracy Challenged: Donald Trump, Min Aung Hlaing, and Indonesia
February 2021
Southeast Asia Program Director Donald K. Emmerson compares responses across Southeast Asia to the February coup in Myanmar and reflects on the parallels and differences between the state of...
A New Look at Cinema in Southeast Asia from Former LKC Fellow Gerald Sim
August 2020
Gerald Sim, a former Lee Kong Chian Fellow with the Southeast Asia Program, explores how Southeast Asian identities, histories, and cultures are portrayed in film in a new book, ‘Postcolonial Hangups...
Between Hope and Caution: One American’s View of Indonesia’s Election
April 2019
On April 17, Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest country and the third largest democracy after India and America, goes to the polls.
Events
The South China Sea: What is to be Done?
February 6, 2017
Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam have made ambiguous, intransigent, and overlapping claims of “sovereignty” and “rights” in the SouthChina Sea.
Pathways to Democracy: Taiwan's Lessons for China
January 17, 2015
Abstract:Authoritarian ruling parties are expected to resist democratization, often times at all costs.
China Drives into the Future: Automotive Upgrading in East Asia Today
May 22, 2014
China’s giant automobile market continues to grow robustly, but its once thriving domestic producers have lost ground recently to global auto giants such as Volkswagen and GM.
Projects
Late Democratization in Pacific Asia
Professor Thompson builds on Barrington Moore's insight that there are different "paths to the modern" world.
English
Worker Identities and the Origins of Capital in Vietnam
The Vietnamese government legalized strikes in 1995. Since then Vietnamese workers have gone on strike more than 1,500 times.
English
Multimedia
The South China Sea: What is to be Done?
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC China Program seminar, "The South China Sea: What is to be Done?", on March 8, 2017, with Donald K.
The 1965-66 Politicide in Indonesia: Toward Knowing Who Did What to Whom and Why
January 2017
Audio and transcript (forthcoming) from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "The 1965-66 Politicide in Indonesia: Toward Knowing Who Did What to Whom and Why," with John Roosa on Feb.
Does Decentralization Lessen or Worsen Poverty? Evidence from Post-‘Big Bang’ Indonesia
January 2017
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "Does Decentralization Lessen or Worsen Poverty? Evidence from Post-‘Big Bang’ Indonesia," with Sudarno Sumarto on Dec.
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