Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne – World News Intel

What’s behind the rioting in Indonesia? And will the much-loathed political elite back down?

Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of MelbourneSeptember 3, 2025September 3, 2025

For many Indonesians, the violent riots currently wracking Jakarta and other cities across the archipelago…

Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, finds democracy ‘very tiring’. Are darker days ahead for the country?

Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of MelbourneOctober 20, 2024

Former General Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president today. Twenty-five years…