Muhamad Arif, Researcher at The Habibie Center’s ASEAN Studies Programme, and Sigit S. Nugroho, a Research Associate at RSIS, discussed cultural explanations for the Jokowi administration’s less-than-satisfactory posture during this pandemic period. The administration has been widely criticised for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, given its slow response, as well as inconsistent and unclear policies.

…Muhamad Arif is a researcher at The Habibie Center’s ASEAN Studies Programme. He also lectures at the Department of International Relations, University of Indonesia. Sigit S. Nugroho is a Research Associate at the Indonesia Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. This is part of an RSIS Series.