Tagged with Greta Nabbs- Keller

On 14-15 May 2013, Griffith Asia Institute PhD candidate, Ms Greta Nabbs-Keller participated in the inaugural Lombok Dialogue: Australia-Indonesian Next Generation Defence and Security Forum , hosted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and the Department of Defence. The aim of the dialogue was to bring together emerging and experienced Australian and Indonesian policymakers, […]

More than a decade after Indonesia’s democratic transition, the effects of domestic politics on the conduct of Indonesia’s foreign policy continue to attract scholarly attention. Relatively less attention, however, has been given to the foreign ministry, the principal institutional actor responsible for foreign policy formulation and management of Indonesia’s external relations. This article argues that […]

The current political climate in Jakarta, marked by a president eager to avoid upsetting powerful constituencies ahead of the 2014 elections and a notoriously corrupt legislature, is encouraging reactionary forces to reassert some of their former influence. This is not to say that Indonesia will return to authoritarian rule, but it does suggest that democratic […]