In Indonesia's most recent presidential elections, voters elected an authoritarian strongman. Iqra Anugrah explains that the recent illiberal direction of Indonesian democracy has its roots in the authoritarian legacy of a political figure from the last century: the charismatic, Machiavellian and hugely influential Ali Moertopo
Research Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University
Iqra is a political scientist-turned-theorist.
Trained in comparative politics, political theory, and area studies, he has published on development, democracy, social movements, and ideas in Indonesia for outlets such as Cornell University Press and TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia.
He also serves as a Research Associate at the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Education, and Information (LP3ES) in Jakarta.
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