Ian Wilson
Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Studies, Principal Fellow, Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch Uni. ISEAS Fellow. Research urban social movements in SEA, Indonesian democracy/authoritarianism, intersections of crime, violence & politics
- Why would a strongman government be rattled by a cartoon flag? Some comment for Aljazeera on the One Piece phenomenon and how it's triggered a deeper paranoia within the Prabowo administration www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
- A new piece on gangster populism in Prabowo's Indonesia indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/gangster-pop...
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- For those in Perth, on next week
- New article. Observing grassroots engagements with electoral politics I argue top-down polarization in Indonesia bares little resemblance to how identity is experienced in heterogeneous urban contexts,with marginal gropups engaging in polarisation strategically bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/...
- From the team that brought you halal coal mining, a religious rationalisation for bribes. www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/202...
- "What Israel has done to Gaza may herald a new era of state violence with no rules and no crimes. Everything is permitted, and nothing will be prosecuted. No child is off-limits to the snipers. Missiles are programmed to home in on hospitals and doctors.... www.thenation.com/article/worl...
- In 2019 Pemuda Pancasila and other ormas, backed by the police, collaborated to contain GRIB. Having consolidated and with their patron now president, GRIB will be pushing hard to expand recruit in new regions. Conflicts of this kind are likely to become more frequent. www.detik.com/jateng/berit...
- On the latest Talking Indonesia podcast I chat with Indo-Pacific Research Centre colleague Jacqui Baker on Indonesia's regional elections and shrinking parameters of contestation against a backdrop of elite calls for returns to direct appointments. indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/talking-indo...
- As predicted, Prabowo has wasted no time in advocating for ending direct election of regional heads. Emphasis, here at least, placed on the 'financial burden' of elections in possible wedge of popular democracy vs his expensive populist programs, aka free lunch www.cna.id/indonesia/ak...
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- Prabowo's energetic approach to Indonesia's 'free active' foriegn policy may cause anxiety for Australian government & security elites yoked to US strategic interests and desire for hegemony in the region, even as the spectre of Trump unpredictability looms. Some coment for AJ. aje.io/yf0exl
- History Indonesian I' by Slamet. Linocut print, 1994. Given to me by the artist in 1994 when he and other Indonesian left activists visited Perth, sponsored by Maritime Workers Union, for discussions on pro-East Timorese solidarity and the anti-Suharto struggle. Found it cleaning out an old locker.
- Looking like a first round victory to PDIP-backed candidate Pramono Anung in Jakarta's governor elections, but with the lowest election participation rates on record at just over 50% down from 72%+ in 2017. Similar low turnouts elsewhere aroind the country
- Out in Jakarta Bay. Over the past year, our research consortium has been working with communities in North Jakarta, Central Java, and Pari Island on the front line of the climate crisis, understanding its impacts on their lives, how they are adapting and the avenues for contesting damages and loss
- Seemingly unable to 'lengser keprabon madeg pandito', Jokowi continues to play politics campaigning for govt-backed candidates in Jakarta & Central Java. The result likely to be interpreted, in part, as reflection of his political shelf-life. Some comment for SCMP. www.scmp.com/week-asia/po...
- Indonesia's regional elections will be its largest to date. Constitutional court rulings in August supported a diverse electoral landscape however cartel-like party coalitions and deal-making have operated to constrain the parameters of contestation. Some comment: www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-com...
- The Indonesian version of my politics of protection racket book has just been reprinted by MarjinKiri. Lots on the background of Indonesia's new president, and his network of gangs and gangsters. Hoping to make progress on new book on politics of coercion next year marjinkiri.id/product/poli...
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- Belum ketemu Prabowo/Jokowi, belum bisa dianggap calon pemenang, kata Bahlil.
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