Join us for a special event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the ANU Indonesia Project with the launch of our latest Indonesia Update book entitled The Jokowi presidency: Indonesia’s decade of authoritarian reviva . Come and hear directly from contributors and editors as they unpack the legacies, challenges, and ongoing debates sparked by one of Indonesia’s most consequential leaders. Todung Mulya Lubis, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist, will launch the book. Titi Anggraini (FH UI and Perludem) will discuss the book.

Date: Wednesday, 13 August 2025 (hybrid in English)

Time: 14.00 – 16.00 pm WIB

Location: CSIS Auditorium, Pakarti Centre Building 3rd Floor, Jl. Tanah Abang III No.23-27 Jakarta.

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About the Book

Edited by Sana Jaffrey and Eve Warburton, this volume examines Jokowi’s political evolution and the impact he has had on Indonesia. It casts Jokowi’s decade in office as one of authoritarian revival, which saw the return of statist developmentalism in the economic sphere and the resurrection of New Order–era tactics of co-optation and repression in the political sphere. The volume brings together experts from a wide range of fields, including foreign policy, security, economics, politics, law and human rights. In different ways, all contributors view Jokowi as a disruptive president, whose ambitious developmental agenda came at a high cost for Indonesia’s democracy. Download preliminary pages free from https://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/7971