Suharto

“Unity in diversity”. This is written in the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or the national motto of Indonesia. Uniting Indonesians with vast diverse backgrounds, religions and ethnicities is the goal of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (also known as Ahok). He was the first double minority Vice Governor (Christian and Chinese-Indonesian) when he was the running mate of then Joko Widodo when they ran in the 2011 elections for Governor of Jakarta. Ahok eventually became Governor when Joko Widodo was elected to…

Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch, culminating in the country’s independence in 1949. Today, modern Indonesia reflects on the figures, language, and literature of this movement as the basis of their nation, particularly in the post-Suharto era. Indonesia attempts to portray itself as the face of “moderate Islam,” but terrorist movements have threatened this image. Since the end of the Asian Financial Crisis, Indonesia has seen a re-emphasis on religion Indonesia. For most of…

5.7 Foreign Policy under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon (SBY) was the sixth president of Indonesia after Megawati Sukarnoputri. SBY was the Indonesia military office, political and government official who was the first popularly elected president of Indonesia since 2004 till 2014. After Indonesia strengthen domestic politics and reaffirmed its role in international affairs in 2004, “Indonesia managed to hold direct presidential elections and general elections in 2004, created…

Since 1998 and the beginning of the Reform Era that has characterized post-Suharto Indonesia, programs and laws focusing on gender empowerment have abounded in the archipelago (Utomo & McDonald, 2009, p.143). Nevertheless, these multiple policies strangely have yet to deal with issues of reproductive health and rights, whose access is still very restricted and discriminatory, despite unsafe abortions accounting for five to eleven percent of maternal in the country (Amnesty International, 2010, p…

In this paper, the authors argue that rethinking about concept of Bhineka Tunggal Ika is necessary to accommodate various differences which occur in Indonesian society today including LBGT communities. Background The author argues that three circumstances which are usually have historical implication from a country with a diverse cultures: 1. Present discrimination 2. Historical injustice 3. State establishment of culture. Since its establishment, Indonesia has tried to accommodate…

Four functions of the economic system The four functions of an economic system are what to produce, how much to produce, how to produce and for whom to distribute to. An economy can either be free market or planned, both of which seek to satisfy maximum wants with minimum resources. Market Planned What to produce Consumer Sovereignty Government How much to produce Consumer Demand Government How to produce Firms Government For whom to distribute Dedicate more resources to higher income…

World War II Earl Marks Social Studies Many activities throughout the whole world triggered the commencement of the World War II. In numerous ways, the World War II was actually a direct outcome of the havoc that remained after the World War I. The instability that was created by the World War I in Europe between 1914 and 1918 fixed the platform for a subsequent international conflict which began after two decades. The conflict was more devastating and thus became the World War II.…

Researching about East Asian politics, the first step is apprehending definitions. The word “East Asian politics” means politics in East Asia and “East Asia” contents: China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. According to O’Neil Politics is “the struggle in any group for power that will give one or more persons the ability to make decisions for the larger group” (O’Neil 2010). Consequently, analyzing East Asian politics is examining the struggle for power or in other word ruling state in East Asian…

Genocide:"a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves" (What Is “Genocide”). This invasion is considered a genocide because it was a mass killing of a specific ethnic group. The Indonesian genocide was an invasion by Indonesia on East Timor. East Timor is a country that was a Portuguese colony up until 1975 when the country gained its independence from Portugal and…

Social Media: The Voice of the People Almost everyone in the world is on social media. According to Ross Quintana, “one out of every seen people on earth is on Facebook” (2013, pg. 4) With that many people on one social media network, as well as those who use other social media websites and applications, getting one’s opinion out to the world to hear is not hard. Now with the help of social media, people can hold others accountable for their actions, especially government leaders. Besides…