Eve Warburton
Director of the ANU Indonesia Institute and Research Fellow in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University; author of Resource Nationalism in Indonesia, which examines nationalist policy trajectories and the political-economic role of domestic business in extractive and plantation sectors.
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Jan 12, 2026 • 53min
Eve Warburton, "Resource Nationalism in Indonesia: Booms, Big Business, and the State" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Eve Warburton, Director of the ANU Indonesia Institute, dives into Indonesia's post-boom resource nationalism in her recent work. She explores how commodity booms influence nationalist policies and why these persist despite a market downturn. Warburton reveals the pivotal role of domestic businesses in driving nationalist agendas, contrasting outcomes in the mining and plantation sectors. Additionally, she examines the conflicts between firms and the state, and how environmental activists feel about nationalism's co-optation by private interests.
Jan 12, 2026 • 53min
Eve Warburton, "Resource Nationalism in Indonesia: Booms, Big Business, and the State" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Eve Warburton, Director of the ANU Indonesia Institute and expert in Indonesian political economy, discusses her book on resource nationalism. She reveals how Indonesia's major commodity booms led to intensified nationalist policies, particularly after the 21st-century boom ended. Warburton explains the rise of domestic businesses and their influence on these policies, highlighting disparities in nationalism between sectors like mining and palm oil. She also addresses the complexities of competition between firms and state interests, and previews her upcoming research on businesspeople in politics.
