The domestic forces that blocked the plans of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (above) for closer ties with Israel are still powerful in Indonesia (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Could Saudi-Israeli normalisation lead Jakarta to follow suit?
Against the backdrop of increasing media reports regarding...
Indonesian sports fans are suffering the consequences of political meddling (Image: Shutterstock)
Asia Watch: Politics 2 – Sport 0
It hasn’t been a great period for Indonesian...
The three presidential candidates (From left): Ganjar Pranowo, Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan (Image: Twitter)
Indonesia’s confusing election campaign
Eight months out from the first round of...
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Asia Watch: Indonesian politics risks another sports debacle
Three months ago, I Wayan Koster, the Governor...
Protestor in Indonesia calling to ban Israel's team from the FIFA U-20 World Cup that Indonesia was meant to host (screenshot)
Israel’s U20 World Cup success shows need to fight sports boycotts
Jerusalem Post – 8 June 2023   Israel’s...
Protestor in Indonesia calling to ban Israel's team from the FIFA U-20 World Cup that Indonesia was meant to host (screenshot)
Sporting Boycotts require strong action by roof bodies
Traditional sport comes in many forms, allowing participants...
Anointed: Having followed Megawati's direction on the Israel/FIFA issue, Ganjar Pranowo receives her blessing as the PDI-P presidential candidate (Image: Twitter)
Asia Watch: Aftershocks
The shock reverberations of Indonesia being stripped of...
Gone but not forgotten: The FIFA U-20 World Cup was squandered by Indonesia, leaving a bitter aftertaste (Image: FIFA)
The Lessons of Indonesia’s World Cup debacle
Indonesia scored a spectacular own-goal in March when...
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Indonesia’s disastrous own-goal
This week saw FIFA forced to don its...
Israel's national youth football team (Image: Asi Kipper/ Israel Football Association)
Asia Watch: Playing by the rules
Note: Subsequent to this article being posted, Indonesia...
Megawati: Yet to anoint her party's presidential candidate
Asia Watch: Waiting games
Indonesian presidential elections occur at five-year intervals, leaving...
Joko Widodo with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv: Indonesia's national interests extend well beyond Asia (Screenshot)
Asia Watch: Indonesia and the Ukraine crisis
In late June, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi),...
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