Reformasi Dispatch

Several countries have higher daily caseloads, but Indonesia has the sharpest spike underway.  Many delta-driven transmissions may be going undetected, especially with patients queuing for beds in ho…

Simon Flint, The 1,000 Days Fund Co-Founder explains the causes and effects of below-par growth in under-fives – something that affects nearly one in three Indonesian children.  He explores the role …

Charlie McCann, The Economist’s regional correspondent covering Myanmar, illuminates conditions endured by the Burmese, prospects for change and the role played to date by neighbors including Indones…

The province that arguably constitutes Indonesia's political heartland gave rise to the current president as well as a potential successor: Gov Ganjar Pranowo, who joins the podcast to delve into the…

Our exclusive interview with the renowned anti-corruption investigator examines conditions within the independent commission and considers what might lie in store.  Jeff and Kevin discuss President W…

Robert Blake, the former US ambassador, enumerates factors that are slowing deforestation and examines prospects for US-Indonesia engagement on climate change.  Also: Jeff and Kevin assess a portento…

Heroic investigators handed non-jobs in personnel winnowing.  Also: With nominating decisions just two years away, top provincial heads are clearly striving to elevate their nationwide profiles and b…

A conversation with Michal Zrust, co-founder of Lestari Capital, about the Rimba Collective, which uses markets to drive verified ecological outcomes.  Also: Kevin and Jeff on investment inflows, the…

Cross Asean's Angus Mackintosh examines the digitization of consumption and what capital markets trends portend for recovery.  Also: a lost submarine, another Golkar scandal, bracing for a surge and …

Tiza Mafira of the Climate Policy Initiative discusses her upcoming documentary and dedicated work on single-use packaging waste.  Also: the mudik ban, an American vaccine-maker defies Indonesia's to…

We interview Eurasia Group’s Peter Mumford to examine the web of linkages that might – or might not – affect outcomes in Myanmar.  Also discussed: a look at The Quad from Indonesia’s standpoint.  And…

Author Ben Bland discusses paradoxical leadership and we examine the latest in politics.  Also: China's signature project may face delay.

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Former Presidential Advisory Council Chair Sri Adiningsih of Gadjah Mada University joins the pod to examine trends and prospects for the economy in the wake of the pandemic and the Omnibus Job Creat…

A move toward privatizations and a target date for one-stop permitting are the latest in a series of reforms that have come forth rapidly from the Widodo administration amid the pandemic – just as pa…

The president's chief of staff has declared himself chair of the largest opposition party, on  far-fetched claims of legitimacy.  What does this do for politics?  What is the end game?  Also: Widodo …

The investment climate hinges on legal certainty and service delivery, which in turn depends on merit-based incentives in the civil service.  Kevin and Jeff discuss reform momentum with Prof Eko Pras…

In this episode: Indonesia’s Myanmar-Asean quandary; its new  ‘Sovereign Wealth’ Fund; a clash over the Berkarya Party; and the new police chief’s directives for moderating the use of the draconian I…

In this episode: Private vaccine program complicates rollout; Regulation on labor-market reform imminent; Widodo's poll rating sags; and an interview with Michael Sianipar, chair of the Jakarta Chapt…

Indonesia's Covid-19 cases dip as vaccine rollout begins; a setback for local elections; and an end to mandatory religious dress in schools -- for now. Plus, we speak with Andreas Harsono of Human Ri…