9/27/2019
Pressures Up on Jokowi to Discard New KPK Law
9/26/2019
Corruption, Not KPK, the Main Obstacle to Investment in Indonesia, Antigraft Agency Says
9/24/2019
Land Destroyed by Forest Fires Marked for Plantations: Disaster Mitigation Agency
9/21/2019
Jokowi Urges House to Postpone Deliberations on Controversial New Criminal Code
9/20/2019
Imam Nahrawi Resigns
Everyone must be careful in using the state budget (APBN)
Again and again
1/30/2017
Should California, Oregon and Washington join Canada? #Calexit talk envelops West Coast
1/11/2017
Former president Megawati pledges support of 'her men' for threatened Indonesian Government
Former Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputi has spoken about the threat facing the Indonesian government — and has promised to send her party's foot soldiers onto the street if necessary.
Her address comes as police are under pressure to arrest a hardline Indonesian cleric who is leading the campaign against the Jokowi government.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-11/megawati-pledges-support-for-indonesian-government/8174092?pfmredir=sm
12/19/2016
Trump has no idea how to run a superpower, say Chinese media
hhmmm....
“Trump is not behaving as a president who will become master of the White House in a month,” the Communist party controlled newspaper wrote in an editorial. “He bears no sense of how to lead a superpower.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/19/donald-trump-no-idea-how-to-run-superpower-chinese-state-media?CMP=twt_gu
12/13/2016
Narendra Modi, Joko Widodo call for peaceful resolution of maritime issues
Analysts say Widodo wants to build stronger ties with India after overtures to China missed the mark. Relations between China and Indonesia were strained earlier this year over China’s claims to almost all of the South China Sea which Indonesia contests.
In June, Widodo presided over a cabinet meeting on board a warship off the Natuna Islands, in a sign of asserting sovereignty over waters in the southern reaches of the South China Sea after Beijing stated its “over-lapping claim” on nearby waters.
The India-Indonesia statement on maritime cooperation speaks of commitment from the leaders of the two countries to “maintaining a maritime legal order based on the principles of international law.”
Narendra Modi, Joko Widodo call for peaceful resolution of maritime issues http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ZP8g03i3GSq6pvRVZZIygI/Narendra-Modi-Joko-Widodo-call-for-peaceful-resolution-of-m.html
12/10/2016
Leads To (Fake?) Defamation Threat
So, it seems like "fake news" is all the rage these days. As we've discussed, the sudden focus on fake news is a silly distraction. It's not likely to be changing many minds -- and the talk about fake news seems mostly to be leading to calls for censorship. And a big part of the problem is that "fake news" is such a broad and vague label. It's been applied to outright propaganda, to satire, to serious reporting, to serious reporting people don't like... and to serious, but mistaken, reporting. The problem is that when you lump all those things together, things get pretty damn messy.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161205/22121936201/fake-news-about-fake-news-leads-to-fake-defamation-threat.shtml
CIA concludes Russia interfered to help Trump win election – report
A secret CIA assessment has found that Russia interfered in last month’s US presidential election with the goal of helping Donald Trump win the White House, the Washington Post has reported, citing officials briefed on the matter.
The report comes after President Barack Obama ordered a review of all cyberattacks that took place during the 2016 election cycle, amid growing calls from Congress for more information on the extent of Russian interference in the campaign.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/10/cia-concludes-russia-interfered-to-help-trump-win-election-report?CMP=twt_gu
12/01/2016
For Trump, politics, family and business merge. We know from Indonesia how that may end up.
What happens, though, when family business and public office mix at the highest levels of politics? The absence of precedent in the United States means that we must look abroad for answers. One country that provides useful, if distressing, parallels is Indonesia under former president Suharto.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/30/for-trump-politics-family-and-business-merge-together-we-know-from-elsewhere-how-that-may-end-up/?utm_term=.90b3f55845b6
11/17/2016
Philippines' Duterte mulls leaving international court
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he might follow Russia's example and withdraw from the International Criminal Court, where his critics say he could be charged over the thousands killed in his war on drugs.
In a statement before flying to Peru to attend the annual summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, Duterte also said the United Nations has been inutile in stopping wars. He said if China and Russia decide to create a new world order, he would be the first to join them and leave the U.N., which he said is dominated by the U.S.
https://apnews.com/9427c0fea0a54d4fbb68d6fbc911ad1b/Philippines'-Duterte-mulls-leaving-international-court?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
11/12/2016
Trump Campaigned Against Lobbyists, but Now They’re on His Transition Team
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/politics/trump-campaigned-against-lobbyists-now-theyre-on-his-transition-team.html?referer=android-app://com.google.android.apps.genie.geniewidget
11/01/2016
This is the only way America can win the new Cold War with Russia
Recent allegations by the U.S. that Russia is trying to interfere in its presidential election underline a grim but unavoidable point: Whether America likes it or not, it's in a new Cold War with Russia. All of the hallmarks of the first Cold War — the standoffs, the propaganda, the wars of words, the covert actions, and the proxy warfare — are all back. With a vengeance.
Welcome to Cold War Lite. Now what?
http://theweek.com/articles/652046/only-way-america-win-new-cold-war-russia
'A Dangerous Situation' As U.S.-Russia Tensions Spill Over To Nuclear Pacts
ACT lobbyist register could triple in size under new proposal
