Study Group on Preparing for Post-New Order Indonesia

Director: Jonathan S. Paris, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Chair: John J. Bresnan
February 1, 1998 - April 1, 1998

This study group addressed the forces and constituencies likely to emerge in Indonesia in the post-Suharto era. Can the United States work with the International Monetary Fund and international community to help Indonesia recover economically while simultaneously urging Indonesia to reform its political system? Organized into four sessions on challenges facing Indonesia--including the economic crisis, religion and ethnicity, politics and civil society, and the role of the military--the study group assessed dynamics within Indonesia to develop a forward-looking framework for U.S. policy on Indonesia. A book, The Politics of Post-Suharto Indonesia, was released in April 1999.

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Meetings

Study Group Meeting

U.S. Policy Toward Indonesia

Presider: John J. Bresnan
Speaker: Jonathan S. Paris, Council on Foreign Relations
May 8, 1998
Study Group Meeting

Politics and Military

Presider: John J. Bresnan
Speakers: A. William Liddle, Ohio State University
Takashi Shiraishi, Kyoto University
April 3, 1998
Study Group Meeting

Session One

Presider: John J. Bresnan
Speakers: Iwan Jaya Azis, Cornell University
Robert Hefner, Boston University
February 13, 1998

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