/392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann

On Indonesia's new president and the End of History.

 

For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast

 

Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results.

• How did Prabowo go from wannabe fascist dictator to cuddly populist grandpa?
• Why is Jokowi "Indonesia's Obama"?
• What is Indonesia's Trump/Hunter Biden ticket?
• What's up with the $32bn new capital being built in Borneo?
• What is the Museum of Anticommunism, and how successfully has Indonesia's ruling class rewritten its history?
• Plus: why is metal so popular in Indonesia?

Links:

• Suharto’s Old Guard Is Still Calling the Shots in Indonesia, Michael Vann, Jacobin
• Shadow Puppets and Special Forces: Indonesia’s Fragile Democracy, Michael Vann, The Diplomat (on police v military clashes)
• Indonesia state apparatus is preparing to throw election to a notorious massacre general, Allan Nairn, The Intercept
• Prabowo's 'fashy' 2014 campaign video
• Prabowo's 'cuddly' 2024 persona
• /391/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz