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

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