Next in Line: Indonesia’s Rising Leaders and Foreign Policy

About this episode

This episode discusses Indonesia's emerging generation of political leaders and their foreign policy outlooks.

From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries examining the future of foreign policy through the lens of emerging leadership in South and Southeast Asia. This second episode features Dr. Ann Marie Murphy of Seton Hall University sitting down with Dr. Leonard Sebastian and Mr. Muhammad Waffaa Kharisma to discuss Indonesia's emerging generation of political leaders and the factors influencing their foreign policy outlooks from Jakarta. To view the project webpage, visit https://www.nbr.org/program/next-generation-of-leaders-in-south-and-southeast-asia/. Dr. Leonard Sebastian is a Senior Fellow at the Indonesia Programme, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His written commentary can be viewed at https://www.nbr.org/publication/how-indonesias-next-generation-will-navigate-u-s-china-competition/. Mr. Muhammad Waffaa Kharisma is a Researcher at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta, Indonesia. His written commentary can be viewed at…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Ann Marie Murphy

Guests: Dr. Leonard Sebastian, Mr. Muhammad Waffaa Kharisma

Topics covered

• foreign policy
• emerging leadership
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Indonesia
• political leaders

Keywords

• Indonesia
• foreign policy
• political leaders
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• emerging leadership
• Dr. Ann Marie Murphy
• Dr. Leonard Sebastian
• Mr. Muhammad Waffaa Kharisma

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seton Hall University, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, National Bureau of Asian Research

Places: Indonesia, Jakarta

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