New Programme Highlights

 

“Democratization and Indonesia's Foreign Policy:
How Do Non-State Actors Contribute to Policy formation?”
Paramadina Graduate School of Diplomacy, Jakarta - 8 June 2010Speakers:

Speakers:

Dr. Anies Baswedan
Rector, Paramadina University


Ambassador Dr. Makarim Wibisono
Advisor and Member of Faculty, Paramadina Graduate School of Diplomacy


Associate Professor Leonard Sebastian
Coordinator of Indonesia Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies


Dr. Jamhari Makruf
Vice Rector, Islamic State University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah


Seminar Notes Available Soon

 


 

 

“Democratization and Indonesia's Foreign Policy:
How Do Non-State Actors Contribute to Policy formation?”
Taurus Room, Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore - 3 June 2010

Speakers:

Dr. Anies Baswedan
Rector, Paramadina University

Dr. Siswo Pramono
Senior Researcher, Policy Analysis and Development Agency (BPPK),
Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Erwin Aksa
Chairman, Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association

Mr. Rafendi Djamin
Indonesia’s Commissioner to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission for Human Rights (AICHR)

Mr. Meidyatama Suryodiningrat
Deputy Chief Editor of The Jakarta Post

 

Seminar Notes Available Soon

 


 

 


Opening Ceremony at the Istana Negara

 


Moderator and speakers of first Session: “The Global Economic Turmoil”

 


Dr. Chang Youngho from RSIS presenting his paper, “Energy, Security and Energy Security:
Is Energy Security for National Security?”

 

Indonesian Defense University International
Seminar on
“Indonesia towards 2025: Geopolitical and Security Challenges Focus on Economy, Natural Resources, and Energy Aspects”
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia- 17-18 March 2010

 

Seminar Notes

Address by H.E. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Official Opening of the International Seminar
(Transcript prepared by Bureau of Press and the Media, Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia.
The translation was done by the Indonesia Programme, RSIS)

 

 
 
Events
 
 

“An Evaluation of the Yudhoyono Administration’s First 100 Days in Office” - 26 January 2010

Speakers:
Dr. Kruskridho Ambardi, Executive Director of the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI).

Mr. Fauzi Ichsan, Senior Economist and Head of Government Relations, Standard Chartered Bank Indonesia.

Mr. Andi Widjajanto, Programme Advisor on Security Sector Reform, Center for Global Civil Society Studies (PACIVIS).

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"Indonesia Beyond the 2009 Elections: Prospects and Challenges" - 28 July 2009

HE Professor Dr. Boediono, Vice President designate, Republic of Indonesia.

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“Indonesia’s 2009 General Elections: Framework and Challenges” - 12 February 2009

Speakers:
Mrs. Sri Nuryanti, Member of the National General Elections Commission (KPU).

Mrs. Wirdyaningsih, Member of the General Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu).

Dr. Yudi Latif, Executive Director of the Reform Institute, Jakarta.

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“Swing Voters and the 2009 Indonesian Parliamentary Election” - 23 January 2009

Prof. R. William Liddle, Ohio State University.

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Riau Insight
 
 

 

Riau Bulletin
Issue 11 (16 October 2009)

The Riau Bulletin is a fortnightly analysis of the politics, economy and society of Riau, Indonesia. The Bulletin is produced by the Indonesia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

The Bulletin would benefit leaders in the business, policy making, media, and research community in Singapore and beyond.

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Below is a sample of the 'Feature Article' in the Riau Bulletin:

“Facing disaster, earthquakes, tsunamis: We know they're coming; why won't we prepare?"
by Oakley Brooks for The Los Angeles Times, 8 October 2009.

Writing From Padang, Indonesia – I went to a flattened college on Saturday. The names of the dead were scrawled on a sliver of salvaged dry-erase board. A crowd of gawking teenagers hovered near an excavator working the rubble, along with the dowdy, fidgeting headmistress. Periodically sobbing parents were hanging about in the background. When the searchers reached five students crushed below a staircase, and soldiers emerged from the rubble bearing black body bags, a grim practice followed: A rescue worker would bring a student's putrid backpack or purse to a shocked mother or father to confirm whom they'd found. And the waiting youngsters with camcorders and cellphone cameras flocked around the scene like moths to a light.

"It's Indonesian culture," said a young social worker from Jakarta, watching the scrambling crowds.

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Latest Event on Riau


Riau Roundtable 2010: “The Bridge between the Riau Archipelago and Singapore:
The Implementation of FTZs and Investment Opportunities” - 16 March 2010

Speakers:
Dr. Harry Azhar Azis, Member of Parliament, Commission XI on Finance, National Development Planning, Banking, and Non-Bank Financial Institutions, Republic of Indonesia.

Mr. Asroni Harahap – Deputy Head of the Batam Industrial Development Authority (BIDA).

Mrs. Indina Putri Fajar – Representative of the Riau Archipelago Office of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN).

Mr. Syarif Syahrial – Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia.

Seminar Notes

 

 
 

 

 

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