December 4, 2008
Indonesia Anonymus from Indonesia metaphorizes president-elect Barack Obama for the nation's governance: “… are [Indonesians] going to cling on to the same old divisive politics, same old status quo while at the same time happily cheering for America's Obama?”. ...
go to article »November 16, 2008
Indonesia Matters uploads an article which tackles the Indonesian connection of US President-elect Barack Obama. A young Obama lived and studied in Jakarta for five years. A former teacher recalls asking Obama about his dream in the future. Obama answered: “I want to be a president.” ...
go to article »November 11, 2008
November 5, 2008
From an Arab perspective, foreign policy is paramount as far as the next American president's intentions are concerned. Of course there is the ambivalent approach on Iran, the position on Israel (read this too), the condescending interventionist stance on Pakistan and all the rest of it. But let's f...
go to article »November 4, 2008
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AP reports that Indonesia's stock market experienced a 10% drop in a matter of hours Wednesday. It's market is closed Thursday, and may not reopen for trading Friday.The sharp fall was "attributed the sharp fall to selling by major foreign investors":"What is happening is panic selling to an exte...
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Credit Default Swaps -- explained in more detail here (Newsweek/Time) and here (CBS, video) -- may not only be the key to understanding the perils in the US economic crisis, but the potential for the financial crisis to bring misery to Southeast Asia -- particularly Indonesia.Credit Default Swaps a...
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