Briefs
EMERGING INDONESIA: Development and Democracy in Southeast Asia's Largest Middle Income Country
A Special Event with: Introduction: Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director, The World Bank Chair: Stefan Koeberle, Indonesia Country Director, The World Bank Panelists: Dr. Dino Patti Djalal, Ambassador, Republic of…
Read MoreEnsuring Delivery of Government Development Programs – The View from UKP4
On January, 20, 2011, USINDO hosted a Special Event titled “Ensuring Delivery of Government Development Programs – The View from UKP4” with Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto. Dr. Mangkusubroto underscored the importance…
Read MoreIndonesia's Political Scene in 2011 from the Perspective of Golkar
On January 4th, USINDO hosted an Open Forum on political development in Indonesia in the coming year with Pak Theo Sambuaga, Vice General Chairman of the Golkar Party. Pak Sambuaga…
Read MoreClimate Change and Indonesia: A Developing Country’s View
On December 10th, the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce sponsored, in cooperation with USINDO, the Embassy of Indonesia, and the U.S. – ASEAN Business Council, an interactive dialogue on climate…
Read MoreIn the Aftermath of Peace: Hope and Struggle in Aceh
On December 7th, Sandeep Ray, a former USINDO Summer Studies Alumnus and talented film maker presented at USINDO his new documentary “In the Aftermath of Peace: Hope and Struggle in…
Read MoreThe Roots of U.S.-Indonesian Cooperation on Education
On October 22nd, USINDO hosted an Open Forum Luncheon with Agus Suwignyo, an education historian at Gadjah Mada University, and a 2010 USINDO Sumitro Fellow, on the history of U.S.-Indonesian…
Read MoreWhat You Really Need to Know about the U.S.-Indonesian Security Relationship
On August 26, USINDO hosted an Open Forum on U.S.-Indonesian Security issues with the recently returned Senior Defense Officer/Defense Attaché to Jakarta, Colonel Kevin Richards. In 2006, Colonel Richards was…
Read MoreReport of the U.S. Higher Education Leaders Mission to Indonesia: Recommendations on U.S.-Indonesia Enhanced Cooperation in Higher Education Under the Planned "Comprehensive Partnership"
2010 offers the best chance there will ever be for a major United States-Indonesia bilateral initiative on education. Such an initiative, now, is imperative. Overall U.S.- Indonesian educational cooperation needs…
Read MoreLessons from Indonesia's Economic Reform: Poverty Alleviation and Implications of the Global Economic Crisis
On June 21, 2010, USINDO and The Asia Foundation hosted a forum with Dr. Sudarno Sumarto on the topic of poverty alleviation. Dr. Sumarto discussed lessons learned from Indonesia’s 1997…
Read MoreUnderstanding Islam in Indonesia: Politics and Diversity
On May 26, USINDO hosted a book launch for “Understanding Islam in Indonesia: Politics and Diversity, ” by Dr. Robert Pringle. Dr. Pringle explained how the idea for the book…
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