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Introduction: Minister Sudarsono visited Washington, D.C., with the purpose of expanding the bilateral relationship of the United States and Indonesia in the defense field. At this luncheon sponsored by USINDO,…

Statement of Dr. Douglas Ramage Representative, The Asia Foundation, Indonesia to the Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific U.S. House of Representatives “Indonesia in Transition: Recent…

Introduction:  On Tuesday, March 8, 2005 Dr. Douglas E. Ramage, spoke to audience members at a talk sponsored by The Asia Foundation and the US-Indonesia Society. Prior to joining The…

Statement for Hearing on “Indonesia in Transition: Recent Developments And Implications for U.S. Policy” Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, U.S. House of Representatives Alphonse F.…

Ade Nasution (Reform Star Party), Abdillah Toha (PAN), Marzuki Ahmad (Golkar), Effendi Simbolon (PDI-P), and Angelina Sondakh (PD) A delegation from Indonesia’s House of Representatives, elected in April 2004 and…

David DiGiovanna, a U.S. foreign service officer who spent the past four years in the U.S. Embassy Jakarta, the last two as the Embassy’s Aceh watcher, said that conditions were…

Aceh needs no better champion than Bruce Harker, who spoke glowingly of Aceh’s potential for rebirth at USINDO on January 25.  Harker spent almost 7 years in Aceh in the…

Dr. Sjahrir The Society of a New Indonesia Party “The military role will be less forceful than before.  They can’t evade closer scrutiny.  The tsunami has made the political landscape…

Most speakers at this wide-ranging review of bilateral relations urged that the United States pay closer attention to Indonesia, not only in view of the new attitudes possible as the…

Jusuf Wanandi Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta Jusuf Wanandi, a veteran interpreter of Indonesia for U.S. audiences, told USINDO on October 7 that the recently completed round of…