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Indonesia is a significant member of Asian regional alliances such as APEC and ASEAN and plays a key role in global Islamic movements. RAND's focus on Indonesia includes political and strategic issues, notably the threat of terrorism, but also demographic and economic topics, including the decades-old Indonesian Family Life Study.

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Commentary

Dec 2, 2024

Trump and Prabowo Should Enhance Economic Ties to Counter China

New trade and investment deals with the United States could help Indonesia counter future Chinese influence.
Commentary

Nov 23, 2024

Trump 2.0 Could Give China a Headache in Southeast Asia

Over the next four years, President-elect Trump is highly likely to accelerate his Indo-Pacific strategy in Southeast Asia by strengthening alliances and partnerships, consistent with his first term. His transactional approach might help to boost this strategy, too.
Research

Nov 20, 2024

Understanding and Countering China's Maritime Gray Zone Operations

The authors identify approaches for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to counter Chinese maritime gray zone operations, which China uses to take control of large portions of the South China Sea while avoiding a conventional U.S. military response.
Research

Nov 20, 2024

How the United States Can Support Allied and Partner Efforts to Counter China in the Gray Zone: Affirmative Engagement

This report summarizes the tactics and approaches taken by several countries in Southeast and East Asia — Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam — in response to China's coercive actions in the gray zone.
Research

Nov 28, 2023

Improving Conflict-Phase Access: Identifying U.S. Policy Levers

This report explores how U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific are likely to respond to military access requests in the event of a conflict with China and what policy levers the United States might use in peacetime to affect those responses.
Research Summary

Nov 28, 2023

Greater Conflict-Phase Access to Asia: U.S. Policies for Five Indo-Pacific Countries

This research brief addresses how U.S. allies and partners are likely to make decisions about granting approval for U.S. military access during a conflict and what U.S. policies in peacetime could affect those decisions.
Commentary

Sep 18, 2023

With ASEAN Paralyzed, Southeast Asia Seeks New Security Ties

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations tirelessly proclaims its centrality to the region, but its inability to develop a coherent response to Chinese aggression or the crisis in Myanmar has effectively killed that claim. ASEAN members will inevitably continue to seek out alternative paths.
Commentary

Jan 10, 2023

Biden's Southeast Asia Policy Improves in Second Year, but Still Much to Do

In 2022, the Biden administration stepped up its game in Southeast Asia by showing up in person, clarifying its approach in key strategy documents, and boosting cooperation. But one obvious problem that remains is that it still has no real economic strategy to counter China in the region.
Research

Nov 7, 2022

China's Role in the Global Development of Critical Resources: Case Studies in Coal Power, Electricity Transmission, and Seabed Mining

China's foreign investment and financing activities over the past two decades have garnered substantial attention and raised concerns. This report explores Chinese investment and financing activities in energy infrastructure and critical minerals.
Commentary

Sep 14, 2022

Indonesia Is Looking for More Than Security Support from the United States

Rather than remain aloof from the new great power competition between the United States and China, Indonesia has quietly, albeit determinedly, favored relations with Washington, though in reality, it does not have much of a choice.
Research

Nov 9, 2021

Life in the Slow Lane: Unintended Consequences of Public Transit in Jakarta

We study how TransJakarta, one of the worlds largest BRT systems, impacted commuting outcomes in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2002 to 2010.
Research

Jul 20, 2021

Indonesian Fires and Haze: Measuring the Health Consequences of Smoke Exposure

Fire activity in Indonesia contributes to severe air pollution, or haze, that causes public health, environmental, and economic degradation. The authors present preliminary analysis of health consequences of fire and future research directions.

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