August
- Opinion
- Indonesia
Government hasn’t matched Keating’s Indonesia pact
The new defence agreement with Jakarta is a welcome development, but the government claims too much too soon about its place in history.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Indonesia
Our new quiet security embrace as Jakarta hedges bets
Indonesia’s strategic wariness of China has culminated in this week’s military co-operation agreement with Australia. But don’t read too much into it.
- Susannah Patton and Rahman Yaacob
Albanese seals new defence pact with Indonesia’s Prabowo
Australia will lock in deeper military ties with Indonesia amid rising regional tensions with China.
- Andrew Tillett
Albanese reaches out early to Indonesia’s new president
Prabowo Subianto has been touring key regional capitals ahead of his elevation in October to Jakarta’s top job.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
June
All change as Prabowo prepares for the top job
Economic nationalism has been a constant in Indonesia and the incoming President has some firm views on the topic.
- Emma Connors
May
- Opinion
- Indonesia
Forget defence, agriculture is key to Prabowo’s Indonesia
Indonesia is obsessed with food self-sufficiency, and free lunches for children was a key election promise from the new president. Australia can help him with both.
- Robert Law
April
Japan, US to seek Australia’s help in bolstering Indo-Pacific defence
Japanese officials indicate Australia would have a role to play to bolster ties in the region and reduce the risk of confrontations between China and the Philippines.
- Michael Smith
‘Old friend’: Indonesia’s Prabowo meets Xi in first foreign trip
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, met China’s President, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Monday on his first foreign trip since his election.
- Ryan Woo
Indonesia vows to speed up nickel output despite global glut
A deputy minister says the government wants to expand nickel production to achieve “price equilibrium” to support sustainable demand for EV batteries.
- A. Anantha Lakshmi
March
Prabowo vows smooth transition, pushes privatisation
Indonesia’s putative president said he believed economic growth could reach 8 per cent annually within the next four or five years.
- Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman
February
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Philippines partners Australia on peace, stability and success in Asia
President Marcos’s speech is in keeping with the tightening network of Asian nations who are keen to keep the US engaged and are suspicious of Beijing’s intentions.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Keating at 80
Keating’s quaint defence of Australia doesn’t grasp regional power politics
Labor has put aside two absurd features of the Keating era: a defence policy designed to deal with direct invasion and the diminution of our US alliance
- Alexander Downer
Indonesia bids to join club of rich liberal countries
Fresh from its election, Indonesia has formally applied to join the 38-country OECD. It’s a boost for the liberal West, but might mean tough domestic reforms.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Exclusive
- South-East Asian economy
She helped save Indonesia’s economy. Now she’s likely to be sacked
Sri Mulyani Indrawati steadied the ship at critical moments for Indonesia, but the Prabowo camp says her approach to development differs from the new government’s.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
- Opinion
- Opinion
History’s hand on Prabowo’s shoulder
The new president, steeped in Indonesian nationalism, is likely to hew closely to Joko Widodo’s middle path between the US and China.
- James Curran
Here’s what a Prabowo-led Indonesia could do
One of Indonesia’s most respected diplomats says the country has wasted opportunities to manage US-China rivalry and lead its neighbours. That could change.
- Emma Connors
- Opinion
- Indonesian election
Prabowo the continuity candidate will be far from a proxy president
Prabowo Subianto has finally breezed into power in his predecessor’s slipstream. But he will push through his own agenda with an unpredictable style as Indonesian president.
- Ben Bland
Presumed president Prabowo to plough ahead on nickel
Indonesia’s protectionist resource policies will cause grief to Australia’s miners under a Prabowo presidency.
- Emma Connors
- Analysis
- Indonesian election
Why a Prabowo presidency should make everyone nervous
The former military commander is an ultranationalist who has waited decades to lead Indonesia. He’s also strategic, smart and volatile.
- Emma Connors
Ex-general Prabowo claims victory in Indonesia election
The former military commander has declared a “victory for all the people of Indonesia”, and appears set to win without needing a run-off election.
- Updated
- Emma Connors