by lundry | Nov 12, 2010 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Indonesia, Islam, Media, Obama, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry President Barack Obama concluded his brief visit to Indonesia yesterday, fulfilling his promise to travel there despite having cancelled three prior trips to the land where he spent time as a young boy (between 1967-71). The cancellations had provoked...
by lundry | May 11, 2010 | Indonesia, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry Indonesian police have continued to make arrests of those with suspected ties to terrorism, including 14 people in the last week. Remarkably, many of those arrested have direct ties to firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Basyir and the organization he founded...
by lundry | Apr 26, 2010 | Counterterrorism, Indonesia, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry The International Crisis Group has issued another report on terrorism in Indonesia, concerning the recent arrests and killings in Aceh, Indonesia (the report is available here). As with most ICG reports, it is thorough and informative, and includes...
