What does Prabowo Subianto's election mean for Indonesia?
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Bronwen Maddox is joined this week from Jakarta by Professor Burhanuddin Muhtadi, executive director of the Indonesian polling organization Indikator Politik Indonesia, and Dewi Fortuna Anwar, a former advisor to Indonesia's Vice President and chair of Indonesian think tank, The Habibie Center. Joining them all is Ben Bland, the director of our Asia-Pacific program at Chatham House.
Read our latest:
'Continuity' Prabowo means change for Indonesia
Indonesia's Democracy Is Stronger Than a Strongman (Foreign Affairs)
Indonesia's elections: new president, new parliament, same old politics?
Presented by Bronwen Maddox. Produced by John Pollock.
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