Indonesia: Political landscape under President Jokowi
At a Glance
24-10-2016
After the downfall of former dictator Suharto in 1998, Indonesia underwent a successful democratic transition. Current President Jokowi heads a coalition government with an ambitious reform agenda tackling some of the country's long-term problems, but the lack of progress by his predecessors on this front suggests that he will find it difficult to achieve real change.
At a Glance
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- ASEAN
- Asia and Oceania
- bilateral relations
- culture and religion
- democratisation
- deterioration of the environment
- economic geography
- ENVIRONMENT
- executive power and public service
- extra-European organisations
- fire
- freedom of the press
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- Indonesia
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Islam
- LAW
- political framework
- POLITICS
- rights and freedoms
- secularity
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS