Reformasi Dispatch

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 Jeff and Kevin discuss Moeldoko’s failed gambit to take over Yudhoyono’s Partai Demokrat, another tragic church bombing, and Pertamina’s safety record.Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

Author Ben Bland discusses paradoxical leadership and we examine the latest in politics.  Also: China's signature project may face delay.Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

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 Creation Law.   Also discussed: a forthcoming industry-minister decree would expand security-force protection services for industrial parks, many of which accommodate major investments funded by companies from China; this would appear to run counter to decades of best-practice lessons learned in Indonesia's resources sector.   And, yet again, a political kerfuffle arises from a plan to augment rice stocks through imports.  Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

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 past reforms also occurred as responses to downturns.  Also discussed: Moeldoko’s brazen move may be turning sour; and the Supreme Court’s administrator receives a six-year corruption sentence.Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

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 quickly rolls back a reform; and an Interview with James Bryson on new territorial tax treatment for expatriates and how it will affect Indonesia's competitiveness as an investment destination.Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

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 Prasojo, chair of the National Independent Team on Bureaucratic Reform.  Also in this episode: a dramatic dismantling of the Negative Investment List (DNI); South Sulawesi's Gov in jeopardy; and Prabowo leads in a key new survey -- but Ganjar is in reach.Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

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 ITE Law. With interviews with Usman Hamid of Amnesty International Indonesia and Adhigama Budiman of the NGO Indonesia Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR).Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

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 Chapter of the Solidarity Party (PSI).Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!

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 Rights Watch.Get a free trial of Reformasi Weekly Newsletter at:https://bit.ly/reformasifreeSupport us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasiIt takes a lot of money to run a podcast. You need subscription fees for hosting, audio recording services, editor's salary and music licensing. Luckily, you, estemeed listeners of Reformasi Dispatch podcast can help us.You can donate to us on buymeacoffee.com/reformasi and help us grow!